Photo of the Day - Restless times

Spring, prior to incubating, is a restless time for the geese. First a long flight to Svalbard following "the Green Wave" that travels slowly towards the North when snow melts. There is only couple of weeks time to recover before the geese have to lay their eggs. In order to recover, grow eggs and prepare for a long starvation during incubation one has to eat as much as possible. During this time life is a constant fight over those few plants that are green in early June. Packs of barnacle geese tend to dominate over pink-footed geese that are larger in size, but often moving in pairs. The cock in barnacle pack seems to get the most juicy bites.  

 Losers have to bend their neck and look for food somewhere else.