The Swan and the Goose

We went on a nature walk with the kids yesterday (a little under 3 miles!). On our walk, we normally look for critters and the kids pick every dandilion on the way...We were most of the way through the walk and hadn't really seen anything exciting...until we saw a swan in the small pond near the end of our adventure. The swan was swimming along minding it's own business and then suddenly took off. We thought it was going to fly away, but it never got height...It was headed straight for the reedy area on the far side of the pond ~ and right in the the chest of a goose hiding in the cat-tails. Literally chest bumped him! And then kept his wings spread out and chased the geese right out of their spot. And proceeded back into the water like nothing happened.

Meg says I was being chicken, but I took pictures and then made the kids keep moving so we wouldn't be it's next target!