{"id":17238,"date":"2023-05-14T06:12:40","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T10:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=17238"},"modified":"2023-05-16T05:10:37","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T09:10:37","slug":"biggest-week-in-american-birding-more-swans-in-love-happy-mothers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=17238","title":{"rendered":"Biggest Week in American Birding! More Swans in love, happy Mother\u2019s Day."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-1 wp-block-gallery columns-2\"><ul data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psnp.info\\\/p4td_\\\/?p=17238\"}' class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-attachment-id=\"17236\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?attachment_id=17236\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/p5109279-1.jpg?fit=2000%2C1275&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1275\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/p5109408-1.jpg?resize=1536%2C1077&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/p5109408-1.jpg?resize=904%2C634&amp;ssl=1 904w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/p5109408-1.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/p5109408-1.jpg?w=1808&amp;ssl=1 1808w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Trumpeter Swans: Metzger Marsh Wildlife Area, Beno, Ohio, USA, May 2023 \u2014 The Trumpeter Swans at Metzger Marsh were displaying a lot of courting and mating behavior during the Biggest Week in American Birding. As I mentioned, a few were already on the nest. I got to see several different kind of displays. This pair were really at it! OM System OM-1 with 100-400mm zoom at 800mm equivalent. Program mode with, actually, my evolving birds-in-flight modifications. Processed in Pixomator Pro. 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