Smaller flocks of trumpeter swans that gathered nearer to roads in the Skagit Valley permitted closer shots. Some foraged in grass, others in the muddy fallow fields.
Maybe it’s common among swans but I was impressed with this one’s version of swan yoga. Maybe it was sick of standing in mud but if this isn’t a variation on a yoga balance pose I don’t know what is.
As if to cap its performance it blithely tucked its head back, still on one leg.
I love it when they stand on one leg like that!
Me again. I forgot to mention that we had a wonderful time in your old stomping grounds! We spent the last day of our vacation driving up to Sonoma and doing a little wine tasting. It was beautiful and now I want to go back. Also I was very pleased that the bottle of wine I purchased at one of the wineries we visited made it back intact in my checked luggage!
They certainly are pretty, even in the mud.
Do they sing? I’ve often heard the phrase, “Swan song,” but I’ve never heard a song of swan or a swan sing? They do like the mud, though. Probably wouldn’t make a good pet. I know my kitties wouldn’t like them at all.
That’s funny to see the swan’s leg up. I wonder if he does his other leg. Great capture, Kay!
It was Swan Ballet Kay 😀😀