GOOSE KAMIKAZE--

Sometimes the Canada Geese don't play very nicely on the pond.

One of this year's breeding pairs is raising one chick and they get nervous, often violently, when stray geese show up.

Usually, the arrival of some interlopers is announced by a cacophony of honking then the surface of the pond boils with the kamikaze attack of poppa goose acting to defend his breeding territory.

Water explodes in a Niagara of spray as the enraged male goose hurls himself smack on top of one of the unwelcome trespassers.

Early morning sun sparkles in the splashing upheaval as the combatants crisscross the liquid battlefield.

Then, the vanquished trespassers straggle up on a far shore, seeming to lick their imaginary wounds while the successful defender stands on the water and stretches his wings in a show of bravado to his adoring mate.