Swans on the Fox

A pair of mute swans were swimming and feeding above the Yorkville, Illinois dam on the Fox River. Much of the river is shallow, making it a great place for aquatic fowl to feed.  Ice chunks floating down the river are stacking up on the upriver side of the dam, and the only open channel for the swans to feed was on the opposite side of the river.

Straight out of camera the photo was not quite what I wanted.  Made it more dreamy through negative clarity in Lightroom.

The photo objective of today's outing was not achieved.  Travelled to a Yorkville pond where trumpeter swans and one tundra swan have been reported. Trumpeters are a much rarer species, once nearly hunted to extinction but now increasing in numbers. The last North American survey in 2005 was 35,000 trumpeter swans. This is still not a lot.

The trumpeter swans were not present at the pond, which has iced over.  Swans like open water for feeding, and am not sure they will return.