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This juvenile Trumpeter Swan was swimming with five siblings and its parents in the large pond behind my house. My wife saw them all in the water and urged me to go shoot them, so I quietly walked down to the pond all the while expecting them to make for the far shore. To my surprise they didn't, in fact, they came closer. Maybe it was the kayaker on the pond ;) They came so close I opted to try for a headshot of one of the young ones. They actually came withing 15 feet of me which really surprised me since I don't feed the birds, and while the parents kept their eye on me for a time, soon everyone was dabbling for food right in front of me. Wow! That's the closest I've ever been to these guys! What a fantastic experience!
Taken 8 September 2018 in Wasilla, Alaska.
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This juvenile Trumpeter Swan was swimming with five siblings and its parents in the large pond behind my house. My wife saw them all in the water and urged me to go shoot them, so I quietly walked down to the pond all the while expecting them to make for the far shore. To my surprise they didn't, in fact, they came closer. Maybe it was the kayaker on the pond ;) They came so close I opted to try for a headshot of one of the young ones. They actually came withing 15 feet of me which really surprised me since I don't feed the birds, and while the parents kept their eye on me for a time, soon everyone was dabbling for food right in front of me. Wow! That's the closest I've ever been to these guys! What a fantastic experience!
Taken 8 September 2018 in Wasilla, Alaska.