escape by the skin of its teeth

NIKON D7200 (600mm, f/11, 1/2000 sec, ISO 1250)
An Egyptian goose [Alopochen aegyptiaca] is escaping only by the skin of its teeth from an attack by a rival in a territorial fight at a pond near Castricum, NL.

fighting geese – study for an altarpiece

jumping into the fray