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\"RestingResting Tundra Swans on ice \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/5000, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I haven’t yet gotten the photos of Tundra Swans this year that I would like to take but that won’t stop me from sharing some that I have taken this winter. While I was at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge<\/span><\/a> two days ago I couldn’t resist taking photos of the Tundra Swans on ice that I saw. Most of the swans were resting on the ice shelf next to open water. Some of them were calling though and that sound delighted my auditory senses.<\/p>\n

The swans were a distance from the auto tour route so I didn’t get the frame filling images of them that I would have liked to have taken. I like flock photos of these large, white waterfowl though so I had to click the shutter button.<\/p>\n

\"TundraTundra Swans from a distance \u2013 Nikon D810, f13, 1\/1250, ISO 640, Nikkor 70-300mm VR at 70mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I remembered to take some photos that showed the swans and the marshy habitat of the refuge. The distant Wasatch Mountain Range<\/span><\/a> rises above the wetlands to the east. The flocks of swans were on the ice and in the open water along with ducks and gulls.<\/p>\n

\"TundraTundra Swans on ice and open water \u2013 Nikon D810, f9, 1\/2000, ISO 640, Nikkor 70-300mm VR at 220mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I wish that everyone could experience seeing and hearing<\/span><\/a> the Tundra Swans at the refuge. I also wish that more people could sit and listen to their calls echoing over the wetlands and the sound of their wings as they lift off. It is such a peaceful experience to observe, listen to and photograph these birds. It does a body good.<\/p>\n

I may not get the Tundra Swan photos I would like to take this winter but just a few moments with them is something I would never pass up.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to view more of my Tundra Swans photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I haven’t yet gotten the photos of Tundra Swans this year that I would like to take but that won’t stop me from sharing some that I have taken this winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[124,27,1148,158,26],"tags":[4431,1129,126,4247,3539,521,4064,8485,4094,4069,5527,4018,4050,4628,3122,2117,1164,4176,3996,5123,2063,4095,373],"class_list":["post-99444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge","category-avian","category-box-elder-county-utah","category-tundra-swans","category-utah","tag-cygnus-columbianus","tag-duck","tag-ducks-2","tag-flock","tag-gull","tag-gulls","tag-ice","tag-ice-shelf","tag-marsh","tag-mountains","tag-open-water","tag-sky","tag-snow","tag-swan","tag-swans","tag-tundra-swan","tag-wasatch-mountain-range","tag-wasatch-mountains","tag-water","tag-waterbirds","tag-waterfowl","tag-wetlands","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/tundra-swans-on-ice-mia-mcpherson-9837.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-pRW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":110686,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/03\/03\/big-beautiful-tundra-swans-of-bear-river-mbr\/","url_meta":{"origin":99444,"position":0},"title":"Big & Beautiful: Tundra Swans of Bear River MBR","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"March 3, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday morning I spent time with a flock of big, beautiful Tundra Swans at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. 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