Trumpeter Swans are making it back north

cody6766 · 03/30/2017, 12:16 PM

2 of these guys made it to the Anchorage area a week or 2 ago. We went on a little family hike and got much closer than I thought they'd let us. I also got a chance to try out my new 150-600 Tamron.

Sk8r · 03/31/2017, 10:27 AM

Beautiful!
I lived on a lake in OKC, and we ended up, briefly, with a swan---we think escaped from a fancy decorative pond about 10 miles away. He flew on, poor fellow, I hope back to company he recognized, or maybe north, just north.

cody6766 · 03/31/2017, 04:04 PM

Thanks! I never saw them last year, but it may be because that trail was closed for "aggressive bear activity" every time I went down that way. I didn't want to push my limits with the brown bears munching salmon, so I always heeded the signs.

Was your sighting at Lake Hefner? I was shocked at the number of species of birds around that lake. I doubt he's around now, but there was a gull there that wasn't supposed to live in North America. Apparently they're native around Scotland. He was by himself, living in a flock of native gulls. We went out there for bird watching for an Ornithology class I took at UCO several years ago.
I grew up in OKC and will likely find my way back there after this assignment.

03/30/2017, 12:16 PM	#1
cody6766 Super Best Friends! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: OKC, OK Posts: 3,772	Trumpeter Swans are making it back north 2 of these guys made it to the Anchorage area a week or 2 ago. We went on a little family hike and got much closer than I thought they'd let us. I also got a chance to try out my new 150-600 Tamron. __________________ "The moral is the chosen, not the forced; the understood, not the obeyed. The moral is the rational, and reason accepts no commandments." - John Galt Current Tank Info: Cadlights 60G Arisan II mixed reef with 2x MP40s and 24" ATI

03/31/2017, 10:27 AM	#2
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Beautiful! I lived on a lake in OKC, and we ended up, briefly, with a swan---we think escaped from a fancy decorative pond about 10 miles away. He flew on, poor fellow, I hope back to company he recognized, or maybe north, just north. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

03/31/2017, 04:04 PM	#3
cody6766 Super Best Friends! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: OKC, OK Posts: 3,772	Thanks! I never saw them last year, but it may be because that trail was closed for "aggressive bear activity" every time I went down that way. I didn't want to push my limits with the brown bears munching salmon, so I always heeded the signs. Was your sighting at Lake Hefner? I was shocked at the number of species of birds around that lake. I doubt he's around now, but there was a gull there that wasn't supposed to live in North America. Apparently they're native around Scotland. He was by himself, living in a flock of native gulls. We went out there for bird watching for an Ornithology class I took at UCO several years ago. I grew up in OKC and will likely find my way back there after this assignment. __________________ "The moral is the chosen, not the forced; the understood, not the obeyed. The moral is the rational, and reason accepts no commandments." - John Galt Current Tank Info: Cadlights 60G Arisan II mixed reef with 2x MP40s and 24" ATI