Visit from two Tundra Swans

We rarely get swans of any type in the Canon City area, the last were a few years ago. So it was nice to hear that a local birder had found two at the Holcim Wetlands just east of Florence.

I was out of town all day so stopped by in the afternoon as I drove back. I was pleased to spot the two of swans flying back in to the wetlands after looking as much as possible with most of the trail still not repaired and off limits. I guess they might have been off somewhere feeding and were now  returning for the night.

Thought I was photographing swans landing so was surprised to find this Canada Goose had photo-bombed on of the pics.

This swan landing shows that swans are not always the graceful looking birds they are said to be.

The swan below shows only a small amount of yellow in it's lores while the other swan shows a lot of yellow as is found on Tundra Swans. SeEtta

When the two were right beside each other they look like exactly alike but the amount of yellow in the lores is different when seen at closer view.