November 23, 2011 I stopped by the DuBois Reservoir before work to try and get a few wtarefowl shots, hopping that the weather had pushed some species down the night before. When I arrived around 11:00 am, i counted 96 Tundra swans. This was my biggest count of Tundra Swans ever. I was pretty excited to get a few good shots, and a video of the swans feeding. Among the swans were many ring-necked ducks, buffleheads, hooded mergansers, common loons, 1 red-throated loon, mallards, 1 american black duck, canada geese, 1 immature snow goose, pied-gilled grebes, and horned grebes. One common loon circled the reservoir for about 3 minutes, allowing for some decent flight photos.
Tundra swans
Tundra swans
Tundra swans
Tundra swans
Tundra swans
Common Loon circling the reservoir
Mallards, canada goose, and immature snow goose
Here is a video of the tundra swans. My camera is for photography, not videography, so video quality is a little poor. My main purpose for the video was to give the reader a chance to see how many swans were present, and if you turn up the volume you can get a good idea of what a large flock of feeding tundra swans sounds like.
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