“Pic of the Week”, June 26, 2015: The Swan Valley Swan

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I love going on leisurely roadtrips.  The kind where you can stop along the way, enjoy a nice view, or explore an interesting destination.

Earlier this month my dad and I drove about 300 miles from Winnipeg to Swan River to visit an uncle and aunt that live there.  It had been almost 20 years since I’d made this journey, and both of us enjoyed the drive.   The land was mostly flat prairie, but as you approach Swan River it becomes more interesting because of the hills, forests, and the small towns and farms you pass.

Swan River is a nice small farming-based community of a few thousand residents in east-central Manitoba.  It has modest hills on each side of it and …

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“Pic of the Week”. January 31, 2013. Whooper and Trumpeter Swans

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I had a great travel year in 2013, one of the highlights being the large numbers of swans I saw throughout the year.  Never before had I seen so many of them!

While in Iceland we encountered many whooper swans.  They were everywhere — from city ponds, to fields, to streams and rivers.  And they were beautiful to watch!  Whooper swans have a range that covers much or Europe and Asia.

On lovely Vancouver Island and even in my home province of Alberta, I saw thousands of trumpeter swans.  The two photos to the right (below) were taken in the Courtney River Estuary on Vancouver Island, near Comox, where hundreds of them were resting on their migration, enjoying …

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