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<\/p>\nA fairly brief post this morning after yesterday’s image marathon.<\/p>\n
This is the time of year I usually see my first Tundra Swans of the season. I’ve\u00a0heard at least one report of them\u00a0having arrived at Bear River MBR but I’ve yet to see (or hear) any myself. These photos\u00a0were taken last\u00a0February at Bear River.<\/p>\n
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1\/2500, f\/9, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n On this morning I spent much of my time trying to photograph multiple swans as they landed or took off and I’ve posted several of those images in the past but this was a single bird in the frame as it was coming in to land on the water.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1\/3200, f\/9, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n This is the next shot in the burst. I really like the sweep of those huge wings although I do wish the bird wasn’t quite so centered in the frame (I had no more room on the left).<\/p>\n On this morning it was a treat to finally get some swans up close, close for swans at least.\u00a0As usual for them for much of\u00a0last winter they had been far out on the refuge where I could\u00a0only see them as miniscule white dots on the water, when I\u00a0could see them at all.<\/p>\n But man, can you ever hear them out there! Groups of\u00a0swans calling on the water can be heard from a couple of miles away and it’s an eerie, haunting sound on a cold, crisp morning.\u00a0If you’re interested that sound can be heard here<\/a> (the first of the three\u00a0sound files labeled “Flight Calls” in the link). If you listen to it you can hear\u00a0swans passing by overhead and many others still on the water.<\/p>\n I suspect this swan and the others it was with were close to the auto tour road at the refuge because by then hunting season was over so they weren’t so spooky of vehicles and people.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is the time of year I usually see my first Tundra Swans of the season.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/tundra-swan-1919-ron-dudley.jpg\" "\\"tundra-swan-1919-ron-dudley\\"")
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