Today I’m celebrating the fact that
The Swans are Back
on Medicine Lake. Though not as many as I saw last year, there are several families of Trumpeter Swans, gulls galore, and lots and lots of migrating ducks and Canada Geese on the lake right now. I first saw them on Medicine Lake the day after Thanksgiving.
I love these graceful noisy graceful swans so much! My heart leaps a bit every time I see them gliding, flying, and honking.
They brighten these cold late November days for me. Every day I go down to the lake and look to see where they are and how many I can see. And when I’m ambitious enough I take my camera along with my 100-400 mm lens and 1.4X extender.
The swan in the photo above seemed to be standing watch for his (or her) nearby family.
Though he looked at me as I slowly approached, he didn’t seem frightened of me at all. When you get up close you see how big and powerful these birds are. I wonder, if trumpeter swans were as common as Canada Geese, would I still love them so?
Tell me where the swans go in the winter
I need to know if the mute ones can sing.Tell me why stars fall from the sky
I need to know if it is luck they bring.Tell me why feathers land near you
I need to know if you’ve injured your wing.Now, tell me where you end, my angel
For I no longer know where I begin.
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Do you also love seeing trumpeter swans drifting on the current? And have you heard their raucous honking and laughed at the sound of it? Does your spirit soar when you see them take flight?
May you walk in beauty.
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