Adult Tundra Swan flying from the lake over Klinfeltersville Road to the pond at Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area in Klinefeltersville, PA on Monday 2-23-2009.
When I was at Middle Creek on Saturday, a good portion of the lake and pond were frozen over and the Tundra Swans were hiding behind the trees along the road which made them somewhat hard to photograph. Today was just the opposite. The lake and pond were 80% ice free and the Swans and Canada Geese were flying like crazy in the early afternoon hours. These Tundra Swans are immense and when they fly over you they sometimes make a sound like an old car horn as they communicate to one another in flight. It’s was well worth the freezing cold and driving winds that today offered, just to be able to photograph these beautiful creatures in flight.
For more information about Tundra Swans, visit this page at the Cornell Lab Of Ornithology.
