We ventured down the Marshland Drive at the Refuge late this morning. First sighting: a pair of loons, feeding.
A flotilla of Canada geese, plus swans outside the frame at quite a distance. Over our visit, BTW, we saw zero mallards—unusual.
Turtle. There were two, but one dove in as I positioned myself to take this shot. We saw many logs with resting turtles.
Single swan close to the road, profile pose.
Far against the trees, in or next to shadow, are two white/white-ish things at the waterline. The one on the right is a tree remnant, given the form. We discussed the one on the left for quite a while as we motored on, and as the angles changed and it sometimes looked the same, sometimes different. We finally ended up agreeing on swan, although we kept driving and looking. Soon, we stopped at the convenient Loon Overlook, and used the heavy-duty monocular bolted to the deck, and, pfft: swan confirmation. Yay!