SWANS AND SLUSH
BLACKS BEAKS AND A "GULP"Wednesday, 7:00 AM. 53 degrees, wind W, calm. The sky is mostly overcast but the barometer is up, and predicts partly cloudy skies. Late yesterday afternoon I spotted a flock of two dozen tundra swans off the Bayfield Coast Guard Station. They were several hundred yards off shore on the edge of a huge floating mass of slush, and a few were actually sitting in it. They were quite vocal, their call a mid-pitched “yulp” or “gulp.” Note their black beaks, the European mute swans have yellow beaks. Earlier, driving on Hwy. 2 west of Ashland along the bay, two swans flew parallel to the truck, easily keeping up at 50 MPH. They are powerful, swift and graceful fliers. What amazing birds!
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