This family group of Trumpeters has decided to spend the winter here in Tofino! I ahven’t seen them before? Two adults and two cygnets.
NEW FAMILY!
This family group of Trumpeters has decided to spend the winter here in Tofino! I ahven’t seen them before? Two adults and two cygnets.
Tofino Photography 
They are so majestic!
they are! They just moved into the neighbourhood!
What remarkable photos of the four Trumpeters! And look at the teensy tiny birds that are absolutely dwarfed by the gigantic Trumpeters. You must be pleased to find them. Hope they winter over there so you can observe those Cygnets growing.
A really odd assortment of birds! They all seemed to be getting along just fine.
I am very happy to find a new family moving into the neighbourhood!
Beautiful and nice looking birds. Great photography taken, Wayne.
thank you Kamal! I was pleasantly surprised to find them!
Welcome always Wayne 😊😊
The families stay together the first year? Wishing you great photo ops.
yes,they will return with their parents to their summer grounds in the Spring. They will separate and begin to mingle. They mature after 4 years.
Trumpeter swans, what a nice surprise. I’ve never seen any cygnets before!
they have a dirty white colour to them and obviously smaller. They hang around their parents and are seen solo rarely.
Beautiful family of birds, Wayne.
I was pleasantly surprised to find them in this spot where I have never seen Trumpeters before?
I hope they stay for you……and us when you share photos! I’d love to see a Trumpeter!!
You do get Swans but Tundra’s I believe Donna?
https://www.chesapeakebay.net/S=0/fieldguide/critter/tundra_swan
Yes, I’ll be posting soon on our Tundras that just arrived in past few weeks, with more to come! We do have Trumpeters show up on the Chesapeake Bay, but they hang in remote areas, usually difficult to get a chance to see them.
Trumpeters prefer isolated areas. If you do not have a boat you won’t see them.
I should decorate a tree for them.
Stunning symmetry in these shots, Wayne! Beautiful birds!
yes,It took 12 tries! They just never listen to me anymore!…..primadonna Swans!
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The cygnets are almost as big as their parents – I wouldn’t have known the difference except they still have their gray plumage. The second picture, the swan in the middle has its neck straight out, the others have a little crick in their neck as they prepare to take off.
Cygnets have a dirty white colour to them. Their wings are pure white but not their body!
That’s interesting. I only saw that one cygnet and it was not young, riding the waves with its parents and it was gray looking. Amazing that only the wings are white!
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Their necks are quite long. I love the photo where they’re ready to fly.
they have such huge webbed feet! They walk right across the water!
Seriously? How cool!
I always say they run like Freddy Flintstone!
Haha!