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Spring is in the air, and the Mute Swan and his lady are scoping out a series of ponds for a nesting site.
Over a period of half an hour the swan repeatedly went after and chased off a Canada Goose couple who wanted to share the same pond.
The body language of the swan was something to see. It would swim fast towards the goose and keep going until the goose took off, swan in close pursuit. Once the goose was on its way the swan would return to its lady, only to have the goose fly a circuit and return, landing nearby in the same pond again. I almost felt exhausted for their part just watching the scene.
Z6II, Nikkor 200-500mm F/5.6, TC-14E III, 1/500 sec, ISO 100, F/8.
And sometimes the lady swan would also get in on the action.
Over a period of half an hour the swan repeatedly went after and chased off a Canada Goose couple who wanted to share the same pond.
The body language of the swan was something to see. It would swim fast towards the goose and keep going until the goose took off, swan in close pursuit. Once the goose was on its way the swan would return to its lady, only to have the goose fly a circuit and return, landing nearby in the same pond again. I almost felt exhausted for their part just watching the scene.
Z6II, Nikkor 200-500mm F/5.6, TC-14E III, 1/500 sec, ISO 100, F/8.
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And sometimes the lady swan would also get in on the action.
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