{"id":32351,"date":"2023-02-27T08:57:37","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T16:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=32351"},"modified":"2023-02-27T08:57:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T16:57:37","slug":"face-on-trumpeters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=32351","title":{"rendered":"Face-on Trumpeters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It has been an unusually good year for Trumpeter Swans (but a poor year for irruptives). As a result, the opportunity has arisen to catch the trumpeters in less common situations. In this case, it was face-on activities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some of the Trumpeter Swans before they took to the air.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32352\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/trumpeterswan230218as2.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The trumpeter is the heaviest bird in North America. So unlike some lighter waterfowl, it cannot just spring into the air to start flying. It must run for 90 metres or more across the water to pick up speed. Here can be seen the separate splashes made by the alternate feet pushing against the water as it runs.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32353\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/trumpeterswan230218admfs2.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Two photographs in sequence show a Trumpeter Swan running across the water straight towards the photographer.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32356\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/trumpeterswan230218bs.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32355\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/trumpeterswan230218cs.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When flying, the feet are tucked up out of the airstream.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32354\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/trumpeterswan230218bdmfs.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But when coming in for a landing the feet are lowered to provide drag to slow the bird.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32358\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/trumpeterswan230218ds.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the last moment, the feet are rotated to provide a break on the water.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32360\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/trumpeterswan230218es2.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; It has been an unusually good year for Trumpeter Swans (but a poor year for irruptives). As a result, the opportunity has arisen to catch the trumpeters in less common situations. 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