sammy and the swan

Posted by Chris (South Jersey, United States) on 5 April 2008 in Animal & Insect.

On our summer vacation last year we visited Stratford Canada, a wonderful town that puts on a great Shakespeare festival every year (we saw "A Comedy of Errors"). My daughter Samantha visited some of the swans that swim along in the River Avon and I was able to capture her encounter!

O my soul, bless God! God, my God, how great you are! Along the riverbanks the birds build nests, ravens make their voices heard. You water the mountains from your heavenly cisterns; earth is supplied with plenty of water. You make grass grow for the livestock, hay for the animals that plow the ground.Psalm 104:1,12-14

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Comments (10)

Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia

A wonderful shot. Great fun. It looks so peaceful there.

5 Apr 2008 12:27am

@Michael Skorulski: Thanks, it is a great town to visit and can be quite busy at times but the day we were there it was a little overcast and quite empty.

Jrask from Pasadena, United States

That is one HUGE bird...I was attacked by a goose when I was a kid so I think this would scare the living daylights out of me!

5 Apr 2008 1:15am

@Jrask: I think they startled my daughter as well but they are pretty tame from being around all the people all the time...

MJ from Delaware, United States

great shot... what a lovely place

5 Apr 2008 6:49am

@MJ: Thanks, we loved Stratford....

Betty from New Jersey, United States

Wonderful capture!

5 Apr 2008 6:49am

@Betty: Thanks!! I am not sure what the swan was saying to my daughter, but it certainly looks like he is talking to her!

Dimitrios from ATHENS, Greece

And it came out to be a very theatrical shot, lovely!

5 Apr 2008 9:35am

@Dimitrios: Thank you!!

Judy from Brooksville-Florida,, United States

Chris, this is a wonderfully balanced shot and the shoreline perspective adds to it.

We've never been to Stratford, Canada, but there is a Shakespeare Theater in Stratford, CT, which closed in 1989 but is in the process of hopefully being reopened.

5 Apr 2008 4:01pm

@Judy: Thank you Judy. The Shakespeare festival in Stratford Canada (a couple hours southwest of Toronto) is a pretty big deal - they have multiple plays going through the summer and quite a few people come to see the shows and the town. I would highly recommend it to anyone..