Wild Swans!

When taking our usual ride out in the woods to see what we could find,

we found a

beautiful

beaver pond.

It had a huge beaver house in the middle....

and

looking out at the beaver house,

I was surprised

to see

four

large...

SWANS!!!!

Mostly they just slept.

They were quite far from us, at the other side of the pond,

but I did my best

to use my zoom to get them the best I could.

Here are three of them...two sleeping and one wondering what the noise was:

I was trying to be as quiet as possible, so they wouldn't get scared and either

swim away or fly off.

It must have worked, because she tucked her head back in for another nap:

I loved the big piece of "driftwood" looking wood behind them too:

The fourth swan was sitting across from them...also having sweet dreams:

I wonder what swans dream about?:

A shot of all four swans and the huge beaver house behind them:

They never woke up the whole time I snapped pictures of them....

we quietly left, leaving them to their slumbers:

We saw them one more trip out...and then yesterday when we checked to see if they were there?

They were nowhere to be found....