Is this straing contest the battle of souls, who is The King of Park? Or are they just curious?

I don’t know, but for a moment before this I was squatted on the bank of the pond waiting for the black swan slowly swimming towards me, waiting for him to appear at pre-focused distance. And it looked like he was more curious than aggressive – he wasn’t hissing and had wings folded. (And yes, these big birds really can be aggressive – it’s not unusual that their fights for territories end to death of the loser.)

But then swan noticed the mallard nearby and the other bird pulled his attention. Or maybe he just noticed that I didn’t look like I guy who would feed him…

Anyway, thanks to this shift of his focus the image I got appeared better that the one I was expecting.