Swans – a love story part I by danapommet
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This is Edwina and she is a Mute Swan. She has built a nest, in the far corner, of a marsh near me. Only ducks have used this area for many years and people have not paid much attention to what goes on out there. But it was not hard to notice that the ducks were only at one end of the marsh and the other end was now clear of all water fowl.
Swans are the largest members of the duck family and are amongst the largest flying birds, weighing up to 30 to 35 pounds (15 KG). Much larger than geese, in size and weight plus swans have larger feet and longer necks. As it turns out male swans are also very aggressive. Swans usually mate for life. The number of eggs in each clutch ranges from three to eight. Young swans are known as cygnets, from the Latin word for swan, “cygnus”. An adult male is a cob, from Middle English “cobbe” (leader of a group); an adult female is a pen. Some information from Wikipedia.
Thanks for stopping by, taking a look and for all your previous comments & favs.
Dana
Comments (28)
BessieB
An excellent shot and great narrative Dana, thanks for sharing!
PD154
Agree with Sue Dana, this is all around fabulous.
jendellas
Lovely pic. We have lots of swans on the park, we steer clear. We had one male who protected his female, she had one wing, they reared young every year until he died because of fishing tackle!!!!!! She was left to the elements, other swans were trying to drown her, it was awful to see. We contacted the RSPCA but they didn't want to no, she wasn't bleeding you see. Eventually a few of us called a swan rescue & with our help they rescued her one night, it took ages. What a relief when she was captured & to see her going off to her new home. We were sent pics of her, she had gone to a new private lake with a new mate.
tpx1
nice capture!
3x3
awesome shot my friend.Swans got something romantic x f!
orig_buggy
Dana she is beautiful ..I hope you can capture the little ones!! Best of luck to ya!!
jocko500
wonderful shot
West_coaster07
Excellent capture Dana!!!
sandra46
wonderful shot...and i'm waiting for part 2!
THROBBE
Great shot Dana!
SerenityBlue
The swan is posing for you!
beachzz
Beautiful shot!!
Katraz
Great shot
whaleman
Nice shot Dana! As it happens, I posted a swan shot this evening as well. Mine was anything but mute!
CavalierLady
Lovely shot, Dana, and how lucky to be able to observe her in her natural surroundings!
MrsRatbag
Beautiful shot of this lovely creature!
lior
A so lovely Swan: excellent capture!!!!!!!!!
annie5
A perfect capture Dana! Thanks for sharing :)
durleybeachbum
Excellent!
flavia49
wonderful image!!!
bmac62
Beautiful graceful neck. Good notes. I never thought of swans being in the duck family...but only because I hadn't considered it before. Thanks for waking me up:-)
traceyjane
beautiful shot
lucindawind
just gorgeous ! swans are so graceful....altho they can be nasty little critters at times .. especially to dogs if they come near them lol
tennesseecowgirl
I got a first hand experience recently with Swans and how protective they can be and SCARY lol.. don't let their beauty fool you they can get quite mean, if there are signs posted to stay away STAY AWAY.. nice work and info ..
petercp
Beautiful capture Dana!
ShadowsNTime
Wonderful! I never realized that swans were from the duck family! And have never seen a live one. Thanks for doing this series!
elfin14doaks
Cool shot! Great info too.
soffy
Beautiful picture of this Swane, it is incidentally Denmark's national bird, the mute swan :), I live in Denmark..