Swans swimming inthe ocean?

[Ewok]

I took this pic of swans swimming in the Narragansset bay, I didn't know swans would swim in salt water, I think of them being freshwater swiming birds and not floating around a bay lol.

 

[Cirith Ungol]

Can be a migration thing, don't you think?

 

[Drachenjager]

why not , i have seen seagulls in fresh water lakes lol

 

[Barbedwirecat]

Aye but seagull can drink freshwater, swans cannot drink saltwater. I agree with migration, I thought swans were pretty solitary on their normal habitat. I've never seen a flock like that.

 

[Drachenjager]

lol just look at them flocking swans !!!

 

[bugmankeith]

Mabye the salt water kills any parasites, like ticks or mites?