Colour palette
Little green hearts
Nasturtium - childhood memories
There's always a Chickadee
Patterns in the fields
The day before Christmas
Vibrant rays
Little Prairie Church
Northern Shoveler / Anas clypeata
Yay, Superman!
Snuggling up to Mom
Archived Globe Artichoke
Western Meadowlark
What kind of horse am I
Julia Heliconian / Dryas iulia
Iridescent beauty
Trumpeter Swans
Home for the Pigeons
Fluffed Pigeon feathers
Little red barn
Blue Morpho
Mossleigh grain elevators
Juicy snack for his babies
Dressed in gold
Bundle of fluff
Forgetmenot Pond
At the edge of the creek
Summer sunlight
Balance is a fine art
Prairie blues and golds
Thanks for the pose
Disappearing peaks
Hunting for lunch
Eye-catching
American Coot
Follow the lines
Mountain Bluebird from my archives
Police Car Moth caterpillar
Spring in Alberta
Keeping her young ones warm
Colourful bokeh
Showing its age
Common Indian Crow butterfly (Euploea core)
Ferruginous Hawk
Winter's splendour
Keywords
Authorizations, license
-
Visible by: Everyone -
All rights reserved
-
225 visits
Tundra Swans


This photo was taken almost a week ago, on 6 April 2014, when I went with a group of 10 friends to Frank Lake for several hours. This was a "by car" day with barely any walking. Sometimes when we pull over and get out, I can be found looking in the opposite direction to everyone else, taking a photograph of something totally unrelated to birds, lol. You need binoculars or a scope to see most of the birds we come across, which I don't have, but I can never resist the scenery. In this case, I decided to see if I could catch a row of beautiful Tundra Swans flying overhead.
Will add Tony Timmons' report for the day - thanks, Tony, both for writing up the list and for taking us down to one of my favourite areas outside the city:
"Eleven people were on the trip today, birding Frank Lake and area. We tallied 35 species. Most of the lake is still covered in ice.
As many as 10,000 Northern Pintails were seen in the fields, sloughs and flying overhead. Two hundred swans were feeding in the fields.
Of note were two Eurasian Wigeons spotted in the shallow sloughs.
Canada Goose
Tundra Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Eurasian Wigeon
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Rough-legged Hawk
Coot
Killdeer
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Great Horned Owl
Horned Lark
Robin
Rock Pigeon,Magpie,Crow,Raven,Starling,House Sparrow"
As you can see from the list, birds are returning after being elsewhere all winter. Only very distant views of them all, except for one Great Horned Owl on her nest - impossible to get a proper shot because she was hidden by a tangle of branches.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/tundra_swan/lifehistory
animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/tundra-swan/
Will add Tony Timmons' report for the day - thanks, Tony, both for writing up the list and for taking us down to one of my favourite areas outside the city:
"Eleven people were on the trip today, birding Frank Lake and area. We tallied 35 species. Most of the lake is still covered in ice.
As many as 10,000 Northern Pintails were seen in the fields, sloughs and flying overhead. Two hundred swans were feeding in the fields.
Of note were two Eurasian Wigeons spotted in the shallow sloughs.
Canada Goose
Tundra Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Eurasian Wigeon
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Rough-legged Hawk
Coot
Killdeer
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Great Horned Owl
Horned Lark
Robin
Rock Pigeon,Magpie,Crow,Raven,Starling,House Sparrow"
As you can see from the list, birds are returning after being elsewhere all winter. Only very distant views of them all, except for one Great Horned Owl on her nest - impossible to get a proper shot because she was hidden by a tangle of branches.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/tundra_swan/lifehistory
animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/tundra-swan/
- Keyboard shortcuts:
Jump to top
RSS feed- Latest comments - Subscribe to the comment feeds of this photo
- ipernity © 2007-2025
- Help & Contact
|
Club news
|
About ipernity
|
History |
ipernity Club & Prices |
Guide of good conduct
Donate | Group guidelines | Privacy policy | Terms of use | Statutes | In memoria -
Facebook
Twitter
Sign-in to write a comment.