swans ducking or ducks swanning?

been trying to get at least one bird close-up...ONE!!! is that too much to ask? And it's proven impossible.
stopped the car when we saw these swans swanning around and making that heart- shape-thing-trick that you see often in blipfoto...
swan-photo opportunity at last!! Well, not really...

"Try and fail, but don't fail to try."
Stephen Kaggwa

(i did try...and failed!)

"What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?"
Vincent van Gogh

(well, it wasn't THAT courageous...we simply stopped the car...but it was VERY windy and...)

"You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try." Beverly Sills

(not doomed...at least!)

"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow."
Mary Anne Radmacher

(yes, I will!!)

are they swans? are they geese? are they shy? are they taking the p***? if so. why?