graceful ballerinas,
plie’ in black stockings.
Mating for life,
there were only 70 left!
With care and concern,
there now are almost 40,000.
Cheers to you from Yellowstone’s Wild Trumpeters~
Note: Trumpeter Swans are the largest swan in the world with wingspans reaching over 3 meters. In 1933, because of extensive hunting, there were only 70 left. They were on the brink of extinction. A breeding population was discovered in Copper River Alaska that was used to reintroduce swans to their native environments. Trumpeters require pristine habitats, today they are threatened by habitat degradation. These swans were photographed in their year round home in Yellowstone National Park. The water in The Yellowstone River has thermally heated areas that allow the swans to survive the harsh Wyoming winters.
Beautiful post, Cindy. I rejoice that their are people in this world who care for Mother. Gorgeous images! ❤
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I do too! Thank you and welcome!
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Wonderful Cindy! Thank you!!
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Thank you more for appreciating them!
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Stunning 🙂
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We are lucky to still have them with us!
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So very lovey dear Cindy …I used swans in a sentence today …blessings of love and thank you so much for your kind visits …hugs , megxxx
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Visa versa 2 u X 2! ❤ ❤
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Beautiful and I love trumpeter swans. e love 40 minutes from the satrap Valley in the state of Washington, and there are several large natural run off ponds full of them. Wee g up right before sunrise on sum mornings and wait. As the sun rises they fly into the sky makes that unique sound. This is one of our fav things to do on warm summer mornings at sunrise.
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Oh it sounds incredible! I would so love to see and hear that! ❤
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Hello Cindy! Oh my God the swans are gorgeous! I have lakes near my home I wish I could have these swans there. I would spend so much time admiring them. When I read there were only 70 left my heart almost stopped. I was so happy when I read that there are now 40,000. Thank you Yellowstone! Amazing pictures! ❤
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Yes, there are many iconic Americanv animals that would be extinct now if individual conservationists hadn’t stepped up to the plate to save them, such as buffalo, big horn sheep and trumpeter swans!
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I think I can here those trumpets playing here in the midwest. 😉
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I bet you can!!! 😉
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Wonderful – I always learn something beautiful and amazing on your blog.
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Awwww, motivates me to keep on posting! Thank you so much~
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Wow! Amazing photos Cindy! ~Rita
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So honored you enjoyed them!
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Lucky you!
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It was amazing to see them three seperate times!! WOO HOO!
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What a great success story bringing them back from the brink of extinction
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Sad, that it got that close, but yes, people can be remarkably kind and beneficial. You can bet that the people that hunted these animals to near extinction were not the same ones that saved the species!
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It’s to be hoped we live in a more enlightened era
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Wow, beautiful work, Cindy! They are gorgeous birds. How special.
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Thank you! I am so glad we still have them to see.
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So beautiful!
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They are, thank you Sue!
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Beautiful post and lovely swans Cindy 😀
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Mil grazi & cheers Irene!
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Cindy, about those 3 meters…, were those electric meters, or parking meters??? The birds and their story is wonderful. I watched this recovery effort for years and am really pleased it was so successful. Loved that waterfall, and the sunset. Sunsets out there were always to short and sudden. Just when you begin to enjoy it…, it’s gone !!! Hugs ! 🙂
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Yes, so true about the rapid sunsets. Not at all like the ocean where the sunsets develop so slowly people watch them during the cocktail hour! I also remember trumpeters being almost mythic when I was little as they were still making their comeback. I saw them once in the Tetons and three times on this trip. That is the sum total of times, and I go to the parks a lot!
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They are the most amazing birds, they somehow have it all in terms of grace and scale.
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I agree, plus the black beaks and stockings are so becoming! ❤
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veramente magnifici!
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Mil grazie!
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Beautiful, and inspiring, as only nature can be. Thank you Cindy!
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I agree with you Maria and thank you my friend~
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All your photos from Yellowstone entice me to go there. The swans are beautiful.
Alison
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Oh I hope you do go! I suspect you would love it. It is quite different with all the geyser activity~
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Sooooo beautiful!!! ❤ ❤
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Lovely post ❤
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Thank you & Happy Friday!
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Magnificent birds! Your photos are beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
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Thank you more for appreciating the swans!
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Wow, temperature controls for the Swans, my husband definitely would love that!!!
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Yes your own differntially heated river. Not bad! Smart swans! Happy Friday Antionette~ ❤
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Incredibly interesting! I’d love to see a Trumpeter Swan. I see swans regularly on the High Park Pond. (It’s a very, very, very large pond) & I see them on Lake Ontario (across the street & over the footbridge) One day Sherrie & I saw Black Swans on the lake. It was a family of Black Swan’s …mom, dad…. kiddies.
Of course I had no camera.
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Wow! How incredible to live amongst such beauty, especially the entire family of black swans. You must live in the most incredible place. Might you post some clicks of your very, very large pond, (In Southern California, we would call this a great lake!) and Lake Ontario????? With or without swans. I know it’s drop dead gorgeous and I’ve never seen it, so pretty please, if you want to, of course! Hugs and Happy Friday~
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Aww, Cindy! You might like this old post of mine. https://queensend.wordpress.com/2013/05/28/queens-ends-swans-2/
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Oh my Gosh!!! How awesome! They are wonderful! I worried I was being pushy asking you to post photos, so I am completely jazzed you already had done so! I want to see more of the natural spaces where you live. And cygnets in the spring! See, I am being pushy. I just don’t live anywhere near wild swans…..
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LOL You are not pushy… my adorable nature friend.
Let me see what I have that I can show you… and also I will take more pics. I’m thinking this winter I should shoot the lake with frozen shores. Well, I’ll just have to dress for it.
Far beyond the bridge though, the wilds of Ontario are a bit much for me!
Cottage Country is another life, a postcard from the present.
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Cannot wait to see what you post! I would love to see the lake’s frozen shores and anything else that strikes you. I have never been to Ontario so it is a mysterious place to me.
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Love this post, truly enchanting. Melody
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Swans, especially rare wild ones, are magical creatures! So happy it resonated~
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Gorgeous swans!! I’m happy the reintroduction has been successful, but we’ll need to be careful about the environment…for these swans and so many other species.
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Exactly! Would you run for president please?????
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🙂 or why not you?
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Don’t tell anyone but I smoked pot once in high school. I didn’t inhale though………It was strictly peer pressure.
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Reblogged this on Oyia Brown.
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Your kind thoughtfulness touches my heart Oyia~ ❤
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so majestic 🙂
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They are wonderful aren’t they!
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Yes they are!!! 😀
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Reblogged this on Random Ramblings; Myriad Musings and commented:
Beautiful photos of rare, wild trumpeter swans…beautiful birds!
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Reblogged this on The Militant Negro™.
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Thank you so much for your support of our wonderful wild swans! They need this. Cheers to you~
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They are beautiful
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I was blessed to see a swan this weekend. I don’t know the different species of swans, but this guy was easy to spot amid a sea of geese in the Delaware River. Lovely post.
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What a thrill! I wish I had them nearby. It would be fun to keep on eye on him and see where he goes/ what he does…..
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What a place to be! The light looks fabulous, Cindy 🙂
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The weather was gorgeous while we were there, but we had to track the swans, and I could never get as close as I wanted too.
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You couldn’t have done a better job. These shots are terrific! 🙂
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Ahhhh, so kind. Thank you~
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I can’t imagine wanting to shoot those beautiful birds.
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I think this over and over again as I photograph wildlife. The more I watch wildlife, the less I understand recreational hunting.
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I asked my uncle once. He said hunting wasn’t about the deer he would bring home every year, but about the silence. Long days of silence. But I didn’t understand that either. I love chatting and doing and making. I would love to photograph wildlife like you do.
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I can understand the appeal of being out in nature for long stretches, the solititude, and quietness. I love all of this, but the only shooting I can relate to is with a camera. It was interesting in Antartica, where many animals don’t see people. They come right up to you and check you out. Penguins peck at your coat buttons. Whales spy hop you repeatedly to stare. I wonder what it would be like today if humans had never hunted animals for sport? Substistence needs, yes, but not sport. I wonder how much less afraid and fierce the animals might be.
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I love these birds, definitely my favourite! I paint them because their form is so poetic…and you have totally captured their essence most lovely…
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Thanks so much my friend, they are beautiful creatures.
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You are welcome!
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