[ Editor’s Note: The video above highlights some unusual animals spotted in Ohio .]
OAK HARBOR , Ohio (WJW) – What a sight to see!
Swans… so many swans … in one field.
Pictures shared on social media by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources show a large flock of the large birds in a field just off State Route 2 near the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge .
Wildlife officials said in a post to Facebook , “Look closely, that’s not snow, it’s a field of birds!”
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According to the ODNR, Tundra Swans are Ohio’s only highly migratory swan. The large flocks typically pass through in spring and fall.
“There have been records of groups numbering into the thousands, but flocks of a few dozen would be more typical,” writes the ODNR.
The pictures garnered hundreds of reactions and shares on social media.
One person commented, “Driving from Ashland to Toledo I saw something just like this- but I could not figure out what the heck kind of birds they were. I’m glad to know I’m not hallucinating.”