Roll call
It was less than an hour to sunset, adult Trumpeter Swans (on the left) led the group out onto the ice from where they were gathered with several other groups of swans and geese in a pool of open water. Here the leading swan slowed and the younger ones at the back caught up, then suddenly they all peeled off and swooped into the sky and flew off towards the sun together. It had the air of finality about it (but what the heck do I know!)
Industrial Scenery
It is getting more difficult to take photos of natural scenes without some form of man made structure in the shot, albeit power lines, cell phone towers, or in this case a gas processing plant (disused as far as I can tell).
Flyover
A flight of Trumpeter Swans overfly a massed gathering of Tundra Swans on the far shore of Big Lake.
Cool morning
A cold morning in late October at Big lake finds both Tundra and Trumpeter Swans (not in this photo) during their fall migration.
Misty morning on the lake
A flotilla of Tundra Swans slowly making their way through the mist on Big Lake.
Morning cruise
A group of Tundra Swans on Big Lake with early morning mist.
Tundras!
The lake conditions are perfect this year for the Tundra Swans to make this a layover point during their fall migration. Big Lake.
Early morning light
Early morning light illuminates thousands of Tundra Swans resting on the far shore of Big Lake while on their fall migration (not all of them in this picture!).
Swans Galore
After my absence of a week and a half I was delighted to find that the Tundra Swans had arrived at Big Lake in force.
Space
Tundra Swans, Canada Geese and some ducks captured in an illusion of empty space created by morning mist on Big Lake. St Albert.
Out of the mist
The first sub-zero temperatures of the season (-10 at our place north of the lake) caused a heavy fog to shroud Big Lake. As the fog was burned off by the sun a small group of migrating Tundra Swans emerged into view.
