The Swans vs. The Geese

I was waiting for the showdown to occur with the Swans and the Geese for at least over a week now.  The geese just took it upon themselves to make a home in the swan nest and the swans let them do it!  I am thinking what happened is that the swans weren’t ready for the nest and were busy scoping out the pond and such being just placed there - all the while the geese were setting up home right under their nose.  *One note I will make is that alot of establishments will use swans to keep the geese out of the area and they do DO that very effectively!  So watching this goose nest in the swans nest was puzzling to me …. Well, today I witnessed the swans making a statement and actually they were nice about it.

OK  … time to make a Statement …

When they fluff up their feathers like that …. Look OUT!  The goose in the nest didn’t move and the other half kept trying to get in the nest as well …

That appears to be an “attack mode” …  he was crusin’ after that other goose!

OK who do you think will win this Nature War?  When I finished my walk and left the scene BOTH geese were in the nest and both swans were in the attack mode ………. we can only wonder what happened.  I can make a guess here when I go on my next walk — Mama Swan will be sitting happily in that ole nest there ~ we will see