Doing Daily Battle
March 14, 2013 
I watched.
The brown-feathered goose would make his approach. He circled. He teased. He provoked.
The white feathered beauty would react. His neck extended. His back arched. He was on the defensive...ready and poised to attack.
The brown-feathered one - always retreated...and then turned around and began his approach all over again. And so it was - on and on - the endless battle that they fought.
Mesmerized.
I wondered - for how many hours...for how many days - does this happen? Is it a win-win game..or is it one in which everyone loses? is it a game..or is it something more serious than that?
Madness - I thought. To do this same thing..to dance this same dance..to perform this same ritual - time after time and one more time and again. Who - in their right mind - does these kinds of things?
And there I was. In the same spot that found me yesterday..and the day before that. Each day different..and yet - each day so much the same. I wondered. About my daily practice. About what I do. I wondered - who in their - 'right mind' - does this this too?
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Reader Comments (19)
Love that you got to witness that. As for your mind . . . I think you're daily practice definitely put you in the right frame of mind leaving many of us to wonder what kind of frame our own is in!
What a moment! Wow. Wow. Wow! And, that you were there to see it - of course! And, if that's madness...I'll take your kind of madness any day! Beautiful, Marcie. Amazing and beautiful.
Interesting musings! Thanks for the food for thought…
Lift off :)
Ahhh . . it is that time of year again !
What a beautiful capture...
We all do. Love this action shot!
Oh such spirit in this. Fantastic, Marcie.
"Get lost!!!!!" That is a clear message. Wow... Pure animal emotions capture into one action shot. What about that!
Great capture!
wow you have captured that exact moment, a beautiful beautiful shot
What an amazing moment you have captured - this interaction. The movment, the personality. Such gorgeous blue water as a backdrop to the action.
I can only speak for myself, but this is something I do quite a bit! :-)
Beautiful photograph, Marcie.
I wish you a wonderful weekend!
Your photo tells the story!
fearsome! glorious capture!
Marcie, you get such interesting and unusual images of birds in action. This is a wonderful capture!
The duck is really frightened by that swan! Nice catch!
swans are surprisingly aggressive animals
they're probably playing around.. :D nice catch.