The Aylmer Wildlife Management Area Habitat is a stopover for the swans on their spring migration to the high Arctic Region between Alaska and Baffin Island. Some 120,000 swans make a first landing at sites around Lake Erie in Ohio, Michigan and southwestern Ontario. On this day that I attended there were only a couple of hundred swans. The day before there were 3,148. The count varies throughout the day. Because corn is fed daily at the Wildlife Management Area, swans concentrate in numbers here.
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From wintering grounds in the states bordering Chesapeake Bay, the eastern population of the Tundra Swan begins its annual spring migration northward to breeding grounds. Each year it’s expected that 10-60 thousand birds will stopover here.
Marvellous shots !
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Marvellous shots !
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A ton of tundra swans! Tom The Backroads Traveller
ReplyDeleteSwan Lake! I've never seen so many of these critters in one place. They are beautiful, but can be rather nasty, too.
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ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I must be wonderful to see this graceful birds pass through your area.
ReplyDeleteThey are such beautiful creatures. I rarely see them in person.
ReplyDeleteGreat action shots of these majestic birds. So, is that the Swanee River in the background?
ReplyDeleteI'm not far from the Chesapeake, I should find their wintering site (the bay is pretty big and awesome). They are beautiful birds.
ReplyDeleteIt must be fantastic to see so many all at one time! I'm a tad jealous. Did you know that a few Tundra Swans also cross over your and my neck of the woods? Last week I saw five in an East Gwillimbury farmer's field.
ReplyDeleteIt is certainly an incredible sight to see so many swans.
ReplyDeleteReally magnificent pictures.
Wow, Andy! What a fabulous sight that is!
ReplyDeleteThey are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteHow fun! Lake Erie at Ohio...I should drive north and see them!
ReplyDeleteVery regal birds! I'd like to see them in big numbers like that!
ReplyDeleteYour ultimate shot, is and ultimate shot! Glad we met
ReplyDeleteALOHA from Honolulu,
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"Only a couple hundred" is a lot more swans than I'm used to seeing! Very nice! It looks like a real swan buffet, too.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun place for a guy with a camera to visit.
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