A day for swans. These two majestic fowl ambled across our yard and settled for a time in a neighbor's front yard to calmly preen. I couldn't get any really good shots owing to their incessant preening, the little bastards! Oh well.
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Zoe
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Terry! So cool. The pics turned out better then you think. Reminds me of the day a momma duck waddled through here with several little ducklings behind her. I have some pics of that in my library somewhere. I should dig them out sometime.
Do swans winter in your area or are they flying south and just stopped over at your place?
I don't think they winter over here, although I did see a few gathered at a local Holiday Inn - I think they were headed for the bar. :)
Actually, swans seem to be a staple at area cemetaries and at some of the hoitier toitier apartment and condo projects that tout small lakes or retention ponds in the area.
I don't know where these two came from. They weren't at all disturbed by cars driving by a few feet from where they were preening themselves, and didn't register my presence at all. So, I assume that they are used to people and cars moving around them.
I have a great shot of some swans I took a few years ago for an appraisal I did. I currently have it as my desktop image. I think I used it in a Rupture post some time ago, but I'll post it here later today. It's a good'n.
2 comments:
Terry! So cool. The pics turned out better then you think. Reminds me of the day a momma duck waddled through here with several little ducklings behind her. I have some pics of that in my library somewhere. I should dig them out sometime.
Do swans winter in your area or are they flying south and just stopped over at your place?
Zoe,
I don't think they winter over here, although I did see a few gathered at a local Holiday Inn - I think they were headed for the bar. :)
Actually, swans seem to be a staple at area cemetaries and at some of the hoitier toitier apartment and condo projects that tout small lakes or retention ponds in the area.
I don't know where these two came from. They weren't at all disturbed by cars driving by a few feet from where they were preening themselves, and didn't register my presence at all. So, I assume that they are used to people and cars moving around them.
I have a great shot of some swans I took a few years ago for an appraisal I did. I currently have it as my desktop image. I think I used it in a Rupture post some time ago, but I'll post it here later today. It's a good'n.
T
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