Yesterday’s star birds were these Canada geese and their two gorgeous goslings in an inlet along the River Ely in Cardiff. The male looks like he’s watching me but he’s actually watching a male Mute swan on the water below the path where I was standing. A pair of Mute swans also nest in this inlet (the female is currently sitting on their nest) and it seems the male was not at all happy about the presence of the Canada geese. He went storming across the inlet towards the geese, which promptly took evasive action. The female Canada goose quickly disappeared into the nearby reed bed with her offspring while the male goose headed toward the swan, and then, at the last minute, veered to one side, leading the swan, which continued to chase him, towards the open river, away from his vulnerable family. It was well done!