Swans by beachzz

Photography • Animals • posted on Jan 23, 2008

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A couple of days ago, I went with a friend to a wildlife refuge not too far from my house. So close, and yet this was the first time I had ever been there. It's an amazing place. There are 1000's of geese that live there, they don't migrate. They leave in the morning to feed in pastures all over the place. When we got there, I saw fields and fields of them, but my camera has such a pathetic zoom, I wasn't able to get a foto that looked like anything. So, we walked and walked and came upon another most amazing sight. 100's of tundra swans, floating in this pond. They're just here for a short time, then they're on their way; I have no idea where they go. At any rate, I took some more pictures, and this one is the best. The zoom is still terrible, but you get the idea; they are spectacular!! I'm heading out at dawn tomorrow, I've been told they take off then for the pastures and the flight is stunning. Oh, these birds are huge, their wing span is about 6 feet, they look like small white planes when they land and take off!!

Comments (20)

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ledwolorz

12:42AM | Wed, 23 January 2008

Excellent photo.

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alhak

12:43AM | Wed, 23 January 2008

wonderful photo!

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sharky_

1:33AM | Wed, 23 January 2008

I can imagine what a thrill it was. Nice capture. Aloha

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mickuk50

2:51AM | Wed, 23 January 2008

must be quite a sight to see all these birds in flight marilyn .i know you must feel resticted with your camera but you still take great pics :o) mick

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Mad-Mike

3:16AM | Wed, 23 January 2008

Hey great capture regardless of your zoom! this is fantastic Marilyn ;-) very nice find!!! 10++++++

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durleybeachbum

4:33AM | Wed, 23 January 2008

Lucky you to see them!

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MaraP

5:58AM | Wed, 23 January 2008

Wonderful!!!!!!

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photostar

6:20AM | Wed, 23 January 2008

Since you called them tundra swans, I think they will eventually return to the areas north of Canada when Spring finally arrives. This is a beautiful capture, Marilyn, and the foreground has a bit of that 'tundra' look just for helping to identify the swans.

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toddaking

8:11AM | Wed, 23 January 2008

Excellent picture. Todd

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JaneEden

8:39AM | Wed, 23 January 2008

Marilyn this is a lovely and beautiful scene - hugs Jane xx

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JeffG7BRJ

9:29AM | Wed, 23 January 2008

Wow! I have never seen so many swans in one place, I think eight together is my record for them. Excellent capture, despite your poor zoom. Bravo!!!!!

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carrotsoup

9:42AM | Wed, 23 January 2008

I can hardly waite till tommorows picture of these. sorry to hear about the poor zoom.

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LudyMelltSekher

1:11PM | Wed, 23 January 2008

Beautiful photography,excelent work, Super Wonderful!!!Congratulations!!!A million stars from me!!!*****Have a marvelous Wednesday. Luminous blessings. Ludy Sorry to have that to write the same thing in English to all, but are few the words that I have in English to say

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goodoleboy

5:32PM | Wed, 23 January 2008

Very interesting, and a place I would love to meander through, snapping those lovely swans in all their serene elegance with my 12X zoom camera. Also interesting is that these avians appear to have lined up in an oval formation. A pecking order ritual of some sort? Tundra has something to do with cold, vast, treeless Arctic regions. Is that their place of origin? I know...questions, questions, questions!

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