Trumpeter Swans in Flight--NARRATED
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- Who'd have thought that when this stately bird takes off, his feet would remind you of Charlie Chaplin? IF YOU APPRECIATE THIS MOVIE, PLEASE CLICK LIKE.
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This lady that’s narrating has a lot of peace in her life
Well, the lady (that's me) laughed aloud when she read your comment, but then she thought, "Why am I laughing? I DO have a lot of peace in my life. I just never gave it much thought." She's not going to enumerate all her blessings, but one of them is nice comments like yours, Jonathan.
Very beautifully expressed. I have heard my own trumpeter swans over my head.
It's a privilege to hear them or see them, as I'm sure you agree, Peter.
Swans are so stunning in flight...I love how they land that so cool!!!
You know I agree with you, Melissa. And I love to watch them stutter stepping across the water on takeoff.
+Jo Alwood 2:23 I love the way you say, "Take a guess as to why they might be called, trumpeter swans!". When I tried saying that myself, I had a big smile on my face, and I had what my mother calls "moon eyes". This is where if you could see it, my eyes would look like crescent moons while I smile! That's an expression of joy for me, and usually happens when I'm excited. At 1:44, I could have sworn I heard something go, "Quack!". Perhaps it was the way the sound was recorded when the trumpeter swans were making that joyful symphony of their trumpeting calls.
It's a pleasure to start my day with a comment from someone who got such a kick out of this movie, largely because it's one of my favorites. I about froze my fingertips off filming them, but they're so worth it! Did you watch Part Two? I'll admit it isn't as exciting, but it has charms of its own.
+Jo Alwood I didn't know there was a part 2.
@@MsAussie83 There was a link at the end of this movie. Here it is: ua-cam.com/video/neSQFW9u8_o/v-deo.html
😍❤️Trumpeter swan!
Yes, they're just too cool!
These birds are just beautiful and lovely especially when you narrate their movements
Curtis Qiu Oh, it's really nice to hear that comment from you, Curtis Qiu. Thanks for watching. If you haven't already done it, you might like to check out the sequel (Trumpeter Swans: Birds of a Feather Flock Together).
Jo Alwood No I have not. Thanks for the heads up. I will check it out when I get home. Thank you for sharing your work!
Curtis Qiu My pleasure, Curtis.
My third graders are reading the book "The Trumpet of the Swan" by E.B. White, and we are going to watch this video today so they get to actually see the takeoff and flying that was described in Chapter 6, which they read last night. Such a wonderful video- informative, sincere, and witty. Thanks, Jo!
+Jaclyn Blum I love to hear that, Jaclyn. I've been showing some of my films to my daughter-in-law's fifth graders and talking about the scientific method with them. I'm a retired high school English teacher myself. I wish I could have been in the room when the students saw this. (What city are you in, by the way?)
+Jaclyn Blum Hey, by the way, Jaclyn, in case you want to read "Charlotte's Web" with your students, check out my video about a Barn Spider taking her web down.(I even called the spider in the video "Charlotte".) ua-cam.com/video/Y-WxGikaaiM/v-deo.html
Wow, too cool how they ski to a landing! I hadn’t seen this before! Walking on water has to be handed to the Grebes, but these swans hold a strong second place!
Thank you!
Oh, yes, these swans are fantastic to watch! You know what other bird gives the grebes competition at walking on water: Long-tailed Ducks.
+Jo Alwood Listening to this video, to me, the narrator has a voice that reminds me of Gloria Stewart, the woman who played the older version of Rose on Titanic. I'm one of those girlies who loves birds of all kinds, and since I'm blind, I identify birds by hearing their calls. When I first heard a trumpeter swan's call, I thought, "Hmm, I didn't know a bird was capable of sounding like a brass instrument!". That's pretty cool. If I could visualize them, trumpeter swans look like beautiful ballerinas dancing on the water.
What an interesting comment! First, because you describe everything in terms of how it sounds, like my voice in terms of a specific actress I've never even heard of. And you knowing bird calls--in fact, only their calls. I would like the calls of these swans to party horns. Your idea that the swans look like ballerinas dancing on the water is true to their spirit, but they're actually too bulky to be ballerinas. They're so big that they have to flap their wings for many yards before they can take off. Swallows dance on air and often dip to the water like ballerinas. I can't think of a water bird as graceful as a ballerina.
I read our exchange to my husband, and he disagreed with me. He pointed out that when swans are taking off, they flap their wings and run across the water on the tips of their feet until they are airborne. Ballerinas dance on their toes, he said.
+Jo Alwood Better yet, I wonder if swans can live in a place like Southern California. When
my sweet love, Johnny and I live together, we want to have a couple trumpeter
swans in our backyard. We want to have a house on the ocean, we love nature and
everything that comes with it. Johnny's also blind, and we both love animals of all
kinds, so I wonder how we would raise trumpeter swans. I bet we would have to
have a nice big pond outside in the backyard, especially if our swans want to
start a family! Would swans be able to withstand living in a place like
Huntington Beach, California? Generally, from what I understand, Huntington
Beach has warm summers and relatively mild winters, with very little
rainfall. As of right now, the weather in Huntington Beach is 62 degrees, under partly cloudy skies, wind from the west at 4 miles per hour,
with 97% humidity and high surf advisory. darksky.net/forecast/33.6783,-117.999/us12/en
Someone at the Trumpeter Swan Society, a woman named Margaret Smith, says she doesn't recommend that trumpeter swans live in Southern California, as
she says and I quote, "It is too hot- they
are northern birds. If you purchased any, you wouldn’t be able to let them have cygnets without permits from CA and/or the Fish and Wildlife Service as they are not native to southern California and any wild birds cannot allowed by be free flying from captive swans without the appropriate permits.". That's rather interesting, since I read somewhere that trumpeter swans could actually live in Southern California. Historically they have lived in parts of Southern California. Huntington Beach is not as hot as, say, places like Death Valley or Joshua Tree, which both are in the desert center of California. Huntington Beach is actually on the coast line side of California, which would be approximately 20 to 30 degrees cooler than a place like Los Angeles. I've also been corresponding with a company called Purely Poultry in Wisconsin (www.purelypoultry.com), , specifically a woman named Christina Eckstine, and she says that all the birds they ship out to people around the world are pinioned before they reach their destination. Pinioning sounds
painful! I bet it's like when a dog or cat is spayed or neutered. Would they still be able to fly short distances round the pond? Better yet, will they still be able to swim? I wonder if swans would eat something like birdseed. Would pinioning tame them? The reason why I ask about
the birdseed is because I have a bird feeder where I have birds like California scrub jays, black-capped chickadees, barn swallows and other birds that come and eat there, and I give them something called
Northwest Blend, a birdseed that has things like sunflower seeds,
peanuts, and grains that have been deprived of the shells, as the ones with the shells make a mess on the porch. I buy it from Wild Birds Unlimited in Eugene, Oregon for $15.00 for a 5-pound bag. If I were to raise trumpeter swans, Christina says she recommends something like waterfowl feed or even game bird feed. What does waterfowl feed have? And, game bird feed? what's that, I wonder? How would I feed them? Would I bring the feed out to the pond? Put it in a bird feeder? I'm confused! Would I be able to feed them all year long if I live in Southern California? Since I think I read that they would be fed most in the winter. I even read that swans could eat things like spinach and leafy greens. However, Christina tells me I should be careful if I offer them spinach, telling me I should offer it no more than once a week, as it's very high in phosphorus. Is phosphorus dangerous to a swan? I'm confused on that one! I thought it was supposed to be something that's good for you like all vitamins and minerals.
I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but you already know twenty times more on this subject than I do. I can't have any input here, except to say that you sure are doing your homework.
Great captures dear Jo, congratulations!!
Thank you, Francisco. In one sense, it was easy to get the footage because I knew exactly where to find them. But they were seldom close or well lit and I had to wait hours in the cold for the shots I wanted: teeth chattering time! Anyway, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Enjoyed your video and your narration--except for the music. Just let us hear the swans, please. They are musical in themselves.
I'm glad you enjoyed the movie. I about froze my buns off getting the footage, but I thought showing them was worth the discomfort. As for the music, you're not alone in wishing I'd leave it out, but for every comment like yours, I probably get 20 from people who like the music I put on my videos. I'm going to let the majority rule on the issue, and I hope it won't prevent you from watching other films. I have lots of informative, entertaining movies.
I might like music on your other videos, but here, I enjoy the music of the swans and want to hear it. There's a place in Monticello, Minnesota where hundreds, sometimes thousands, of swans gather because a power plant keeps the water open. It's awe-inspiring. The sound all those swans make is really loud, but I love it. You can see it on UA-cam videos--put "Monticello swans" into the search box.
I checked it out, and the noise is what I called a 'joyful cacophony.' I do understand why you love it.
Yes, joyful cacophony really describes it! Especially since they were almost extinct. Only 65 left in the continental US and a few more in Alaska. It took 40 years of effort by wildlife officials to help them come back. Now there are 17,000 swans in MN and several hundred in other states. If you come to MN in the winter sometime, visit the swans in Monticello. If you get lucky, there may be a crowd there.
We don't get 17,000 of them in St. Louis. I guess it's too warm here to suit them. But some years, we get more than a thousand. I'll settle for that. The thought of Minnesota cold freezes my bone marrow.
This was really cute. Thank you! These birds are amazing. :)
Thanks, Seliah. It's nice to hear that you enjoyed watching the swans. They were a lot of fun to film (even in twenty degree weather).
I saw 30 of them April 30/2016 flying north. Location was Winnipeg Manitoba. They sounded like the ones in this video.
+Doug Shand It's a thrill to see them flying, especially if they're trumpeting too. Right?
Joe Allwood would have very very cool videos and the swan one I like how the big flock of swans and Ducks all Mead
Thanks, Kathy, both for watching the movie and commenting. The swans are so beautiful and fun to watch, huh? I've got 150 films, so I hope you'll browse around on my channel and enjoy some of the others too.
good
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Nice video.
2:14-2:22 is amazing
Thanks for sharing. ;-) jai
Yes, jai. When the swans take flight toward the camera, I get a kick out of watching two that didn't go duck to get out of the way. Thanks for watching and commenting.
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