Trumpeter Swan / Лебедь-трубач / Cygnus buccinator

Photographed at the Rydell NWR, Minnesota (22 July 2009). “Across the wide waters / something comes / floating--a slim / and delicate / ship, filled / with white flowers-- / and it moves / on its miraculous muscles / as though time didn’t exist, as though bringing such gifts / to the dry shore / was a happiness.“ --Mary Oliver