Since we installed the aerator in our pond, parts of it are remaining unfrozen throughout the winter... which means we get the chance for more migrating birds to stop by. Today was our first visitors in the form of a pair of swans (they are either Tundra Swans or Trumpeter Swans - we're not quite sure yet!).

Technical Data: Canon EOS 7D Mark II, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM at 400mm, 1/4000 sec at f/11. ISO 400. IS Mode 1. RAW processing in Adobe Camera Raw.

I scared them off by moving in too quickly - I had hoped they would be a bit more confident to stick around and wasn't being as slow and cautious as I should have been... and I was probably a bit too excited. Hopefully they stop back and I can get more photos, and here's hoping that we get a bunch more uncommon migrators stopping by the pond soon!

- Bill