Tundra Swans

I took a trip down to Potter's Marsh today.  The eagles weren't out, but the two swans we'd seen last weekend had multiplied into a dozen and I got some great shots as they flocked overhead.

Pretty neat, huh?  They stayed together for a while, then broke into a bunch of smaller "V's" and circled overhead a bit.

Alaska has two kinds of swans, Trumpeter and Tundra.  These here are Tundra.  They're difficult to tell apart, since the largest difference between the two is size.  However, Tundra swans frequently - but not always (see, hard to tell apart!) - have a yellow spot in between their eyes and their bill.  And as you can see in this shot, the yellow spot is quite visible.  Tundra swans they are!