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TonyW
March 12th, 2006, 08:19 PM
A sure sign of spring in this area is when the Tundra Swans stop by on there migration from Chesapeake Bay to Alaska. Weather wasn't the greatest for photography today but I was able to get a few pics.

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/8186/tundraswans7pk.th.jpg (http://img101.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tundraswans7pk.jpg)


There are several thousand in the area. They don't stay for long and I'm hoping the weather improves so I can get some better pictures before they leave.

Tony
Scraptastickat
March 12th, 2006, 08:29 PM
oh amazing. i wish we had something like that here. The geese always fly over our area (north and south) and you can hear them but most of the time they are even too high to even see. You are so lucky! I would be out there snapping photos even if the weather wasnt cooperative too.
Wendy
March 13th, 2006, 03:23 AM
Hi Tony ...

Wow that is an amazing sight ... do home that the weather improves and you manage to get some more shots. :)

Wendy
Robyn
March 13th, 2006, 03:27 AM
Tony,
That is such a beautiful shot.
kevq
March 13th, 2006, 03:39 AM
Tony,
nice shot, you're lucky, in this part of the UK we don't get anything like that.
Hope you manage to get more shots - please post them.
Kev.
mel
March 13th, 2006, 05:11 AM
That's a beautiful photo Tony :) I love bird photos.

We also get migratory geese here and the last time I saw them was a few weeks ago..........spring is definitely on its way although at night here the temperatures are still just below zero. Can't wait till spring really kicks in then I can start taking some nice spring shots :D
TonyW
March 13th, 2006, 06:02 AM
They are amazing - I looked up some of the details of their migration. They cover 6000 km (4000 miles) at an average flying time of 114 hours over a period of 100 days with about 1000 km flying between refueling stops. The reason they stop here is that there is an old lake that has long since been drained for farmland but old habits die hard. The local farmers kindly keep the drainage dykes closed until after they leave (Mel - lots of Dutch heritage around here :) ).

Also known as the whistling swan and they are indeed very noisy in quantity but also very cautious so it's hard to get close-ups.

Now if only the sun would come out - unfortunately the forecast for the next few days makes that pretty unlikely :(

Tony