They're common in Tasmania too, which is where I took these next two shots.
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Saturday, 12 May 2012
Black Swans
The Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) is a well known, and even iconic Australian bird. It is rather common here, depending on where you live. Sadly, I don't see them at home, but frequently do on visits to Canberra (and Newcastle). It's always a thrill to see them.
Our black swans have a call and so I was surprised to learn that the European white swan was mute when I went to Ireland in 2010. Interesting to learn on wiki that New Zealand had a subspecies of black swan, but that it was sadly hunted to extinction.
Saturday Snapshot, is a wonderful weekly meme from at home with books
Saturday Snapshot, is a wonderful weekly meme from at home with books
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Gorgeous photos! I love pictures of birds.
How beautiful they are!
Fabulous photo. Stunning creatures:)
Beautiful photographs.
They are beautiful and I love the touch of color on their beaks!!
Wow, I have never seen a black swan. They are stunning!
How beautiful! Thanks for sharing these! My Snapshot.
Wow! They look kind of eerie on the water together, like converging troops.
Yet they are also gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.
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Your second photo is a nice close-up of the swan and his beak.
I've never seen black swans before. We have mostly white ones where we are in Canada.
A nearby community has a swan pond, and it's white inhabitants draw visitors from miles around. I've never seen a black swan... they are gorgeous.
What beautiful birds! So interesting that they are black. I have only seen the white variety ... they are such regal birds!
They're gorgeous!
I didn't even know there was such a thing - very neat!
I had no idea that there was such a thing as black swans before I saw them on a visit to Australia in 1994.
Geogeous birds.
Sensational shots of these stunning birds. I love that shot of vivid red on the beaks!
The black swans are amazing! Great pictures!
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It's true there are black swans and they swim in a swan lake.
They are pretty like the white ones.
An entire flock of them is quite a sight. I got to see a couple of them at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melb. They weren't making any sounds though. Here in the US we only have the white ones.
They're so magnificent, someone should make a movie about them. Oh, they already did. Great shots. Here's Mine
Wow!!! I love your pictures! I didn't know that - any of that about any swan! It's amazing to see so many black ones together. I don't think I've seen more than 2-3 swan at once and it's always magical. Thx!!
They are MAGNIFICENT. Wish I could get a great picture, like yours, to paint.
How very cool! And there are so many of them.
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How beautiful! I've never seen black swans in person, but I'd love to. They look so regal.
I'm partial to the red bill! Beautiful birds.
V
What wonderful pictures :D
Beautiful photos, Louise.
carol
The first pic is amazing. They look so exotic.
:)
Wow! I'd never heard of black swans (outside of the movie)! Seeing them all together there in the first picture was awesome.
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