It all looked so serene...

I was standing on my balcony yesterday morning enjoying the early sun light, the new growth light green leaves on the trees lining the river and two geese floating together slowly down the river.  All very serene as I said, until another goose showed up and tried to join the twosome.  The female goose didn't seem to mind but her partner wasn't having any of it. Suddenly the river, and the air space low over the river, was full of flapping wings, loud squawks and honks, and what looked like vicious nips and jabs.  I did not know that geese can fly backwards while doing a strange 'moon walk' with their floppy webbed feet.  There was a lot of action there on the river for a few minutes.  When I checked on the female she was still floating on down the river checking out possible nesting sites and blithely ignoring all the fuss.  Eventually, one goose flew away, the winner came back to travel on down the river with the female and all was calm again.  If all goes well, I'll see goslings on the river in a month or so. I love spring.