As we headed down one of the roads in Skagit County on the lookout for the owls, we came to a field that was full of swans.  I’m not sure what was interesting them but there seemed to be a steady stream of them taking off and heading south of where we were.  A few of them took off directly towards us.  The head on view of them getting airborne was really cool.  Of course, as soon as I had the camera ready, they were taking off from other locations and not coming towards me.

I was still getting some shots of them as they gained speed if not much altitude.  The great thing was that they were keeping it low and building speed before they gradually climbed away.  As they crossed the road, they could still be pretty low.  I figured a little patience would work in my favor and, sure enough, it wasn’t too long before some of them were taking off towards me.  They clearly weren’t coming directly over me as I guess we were enough of a distraction.  However, they were coming head on for a while.  I missed quite a few shots unfortunately but you only get to see the ones that worked out!