WALK2440 redhead pair 2014

lovely pair of redhead ducks on the mirrored front marsh at Mattamuskeet Refuge

WALK2385 tundra swan and Canada goose 2014

Most of us tend to think that the Canada goose is a big bird, and it is. Then you see it next to a tundra swan.
That is a Canada goose in the reeds just to the left of the tundra swan.

swan family

Tundra swan family – parents front and rear and the three cygnets in between.
The three offspring flew all the way from the far tundra with their parents.