"MORNING HAS BROKEN" - Swans (Trumpeter)
"MORNING HAS BROKEN"
Trumpeter Swans - 12 Photos
To come across and approach Trumpeter Swans and not have the immediate take-off, is almost a surreal experience. Add in some soft early morning light and it can be magical.
Photos #1 through #7 are of the swans grooming and stretching their wings after a period of resting along the icy shore, taken just as the sun rose above the river channel.
Photos #8 through #12 are of several take-offs. It really is a 100 yard dash. It takes that long for a Trumpeter Swan which weighs more than 25 pounds to get airborne. They hit the water surface hard and it can sound like galloping horses before they achieve lift-off.
And then, of course, there is the non-angelic side of swans. Check out Photo #7. I chose one of a series of four, where one Trumpeter actually bit the other and I don't believe it was a love bite.
PHOTO #1
PHOTO #2
PHOTO #3
PHOTO #4
PHOTO #5
PHOTO #6
PHOTO #7
PHOTO #8
PHOTO #9
PHOTO #10
PHOTO #11
PHOTO #12
![](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://www.inaturephoto.com/blog/2022/2/-morning-has-broken---swans-trumpeter&media=https://www.inaturephoto.com/img/s/v-10/p865215108-5.jpg&description="MORNING HAS BROKEN" - Swans (Trumpeter)&layout=none&ref=https://www.inaturephoto.com/blog/2022/2/-morning-has-broken---swans-trumpeter)
Comments
I love both sets of swan photos. The Tundra Swans photos were also fantastic. Cloudy weather helped showing the different shades of white beautifully. here exceptional images of swan stretching his/her wings. I was surprised that the adult swan bit the other adult. I witnessed only "punishment" of youngsters.
Thank you for sharing your beautiful photos. I'm very depressed with the war in Ukraine, and very few things bring me joy these days.