My work friends shouted out as we got to the Onondaga Lake portion of our morning break walk Friday.
More swans!
Swimming, and close to shore.
Seven swans swimming.
Instead of flying south as the weather gets colder, these wonderful birds are gathering in numbers.
I caught seven of the elegant birds in my iPhone 8 frame. Laura insists she saw No. 8 swimming to the left, toward … perhaps another group of white birds?
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Oh I do love swans, though their temperaments can be quite cantankerous. They are so beautiful to watch form a distance. Thank you and enjoy these lovely birds Mark. I think it is so cool you inspired Joey to want to know more about them. Very cool. All my best to you and enjoy the Holidays.
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Yes, I know to keep my distance. Thank you, JoHanna!
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Did I tell you the swan info I looked up? I looked it up after your last swan post, because I realized I knew very little about swans. I don’t want to repeat myself to you, Mark. They’re sooooo pretty!
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They are so pretty, Joey. You told me that you discovered that they are northern birds that sometimes go as far south as the Chesapeake Bay. I am surprised that this crew hasn’t started to down Maryland/Virginia way!
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Many of them are arctic and you may be their south 🙂
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Good point, Joey!
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I found this online: **Swans from the Great Lakes region either do not migrate of fly south into the mid-Mississippi valley.** Obviously the scenery here is better than in the Missisippi Valley. Perhaps they enjoy Lights on the Lake…?
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Good one, Lynn!
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There are eight more at the other end of the lake…or there were. They are SO beautiful, so graceful…
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Yes, they make my day, Lynn!
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A rare black Australian swan was just rescued here. They think it was someone’s pet which either got loose or was abandoned. I wish I had heard about it before the rescue was completed because I maybe would have tried to get pictures of that (along with every other amateur photographer in our area, probably). I always thought black swans were imaginary creatures, like unicorns.
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Wow, CM. That would have been some photograph for sure!
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Their own little swan village 🙂
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It is a comforting sight, MBC!
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So pretty, Mark. Just don’t get too close to them. I’ll never understand how something that beautiful can be so mean! Once pecked by a swan never forgotten.
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I will stay on shore, sis Angie!
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Good plan bro Mark. Especially since the water temperature is probably a bit below tepid! Swans have been known to come ashore however, and that’s how I got caught. I’ll take all swans in photos alone now!
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oh, so beautiful, you are lucky to have so many close by
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And at this time of year, Beth!
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Isn’t that a treat! They are beautiful!
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That sight recharges me during my work break walk, Nance!
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