Photo of the Week -Trumpeter Swans

We drove through the Seney National Wildlife Refuge and stopped at the visitor center.  There we found a pair of trumpeter swans on the pond near the parking lot.  I couldn't decide which of these 2 photos I liked the best, so I posted them both.

I watched these guys for about 10 minutes and never saw both of them with with their heads out of the water at the same time.  It reminded me of the proverbial ostriches with their heads stuck in the sand.

About that time some idiot's car alarm went off, and both swans raised their heads to see what the ruckus was about.  So I snapped this shot.  This was just after Dorcas had gotten tired of waiting for me and had gone back to the car to wait.   We had left Matilda in the car with the windows down and doors locked.  Dorcas had reached through the window and unlocked the door from the inside.  That is when we first realized the Pilot even had an alarm.