Now the feathers are really starting to fly in the trade war. A bald eagle was captured on film doing battle with a sickly, bird-flu-riddled Canada goose — in a stunning new viral image that is being called a metaphor for the tariff battle between the United States and our northern neighbor.

The bald eagle is the national symbol of the United States and appears on its official seal. The beaver may be the national symbol of our nation of builders, but that day a Canada goose did us proud.

An Ontario photographer took this photo of a Canada goose fighting off a bald eagle. Many people say it’s symbolic of Canada-U.S. relations.

Mervyn Sequeira, a 74-year-old photographer based out of Ontario, captured a series of incredible photos of this bird battle last month. Battle might not be the right ward for it, since the Canada goose might have been too busy fighting something internally to really worry about the external threat.

A Canadian photographer captured a gripping encounter between a bald eagle and a Canada goose on a frozen lake. The goose successfully defended itself

A bald eagle may have thought it spotted an easy lunch in a Canada goose sitting on an icy bay in Burlington, Ont., but according to Mervyn Sequeira — who watched and photographed a 20-minute battle between the two birds — the goose held its own.