Swans Visit Artists Lake
The lake is a mirror, calm, unmoving, a surface of glass except for a bubble here and there rising from the bottom and bursting at the top forming tiny circular ripples. The cove is ripe with weeds and fingerling fish, excellent cuisine for waterfowl. Six Trumpeter Swan arrived, four signets and two adults, to rest and feed before resuming their southerly migration. Extending long necks deep into the water they quietly foraged in the cove, then as suddenly as they arrived announcing impending departure with trumpet sounds, giant wings extended, beating the water, gaining forward momentum, the huge birds lifted off into flight creating a frenzy of noise and splashing. Within minutes the cove became silent, tranquil again, with only an occasional bubble breaking the smooth surface as if nothing had ever been there.
Gail Niebrugge, waterfowl artist
October 17th, 2009 at 8:12 am
How absolutely BLESSED you were to be able to witness this. I’ve fallen in love with the trumpeter swans. It is amazing that you were able to get a picture.
October 18th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Hi Vicki, I love the Trumpeter Swan migration but you have to be in the right place at the right time to see them. Gail