Thanks to our neighborhood list server, I was alerted to the approach of a bevy of swans, 13 in total. I was able to grab my good camera and photograph them as they swam past the house. Ice has begun to form near the banks but the bulk of the river is still flowing. If I had to guess, I would say they were having a leisurely swim, resting from what was likely several hundred miles of flying. Jeanine arrived at the house shortly after they passed by on the water but spotted them in the air as they resumed their migration.