This post is for Wild Bird Wednesday.
I had good views of the family of Black Swans while I was in at the park in Gympie the other day. The young ones were still staying quite close to the parents. Looking closely at them I could see they were losing some of their baby fluff.
This little turtle was sitting on a rock out in the middle of the pond but began moving as one of the swans came closer. The swan really wasn't interested and the turtle settled down again.
they're kinda funny looking in their awkward teenage phase. :)
ReplyDeleteNice close ups of these beauties!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
ReplyDeleteNice to see real wild Black Swans - lovely shots. Your post amused me Mick as over here Black Swans are kept in wildfowl collections but occasionally one or two might escape as wildfowl do - they can fly. The local twitchers then have to go and get the bird on their lists in case it becomes a naturalised species - you couldn't make it up!
ReplyDeleteblack swans is a marvel. :) And the juveniles...well their moms probably think they are cute. :) Never seen a juvie before. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteLove the black swan and the cute juvie. The shot with the turtle is awesome. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteNow that is an amazing bird! Love that the shot with the juvie behind Momma. Great shots....would love to see those in the wild.
ReplyDeleteWow, the adults are gorgeous! Nice red bill! Beautiful shots!
ReplyDeleteThey are really lovely birds. I like the turtle shot.
ReplyDeleteHi there - nice pictures - the detail in the feathers really does make a mockery of calling these birds "black'!
ReplyDeleteI think you have one or two birds that I dont get even further south!
Thanks linking to WBW.
Stewart M - Melbourne
Oh my goodness....beautiful images!!! The lighting in these photos is stupendous. Well done.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures you show of a black swan - do not think we have other than mute swans here in DK.
ReplyDeleteHanne Bente
I especially like the black swan. We don't see them here in South Texas.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful swan with those black feathers and that red bill. Gorgeous shots.
ReplyDeleteLove the black swan and turtle shot. That is sweet!
ReplyDeleteThe adolescents pretty well illustrate the story 'the Ugly Duckling'...they're not quite beautiful yet, but they're definitely gonna' be!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful captures, I've never seen pictures of this in between (fluff and feathers) stage before.
ReplyDeletewhat an exciting sighting/moment, nice clear shots with so much detail!!
ReplyDeletewe don't have them here, i have seen them only at a zoo!!
Very cool blog:))
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Ah the teenage stage..still very very cute..Michelle
ReplyDeleteWonderful images, and I love the last one with the turtle looking in, way too cute~
ReplyDeleteLovely shots Mick!!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love Black swans!
There are a couple of lakes near the Westfield Shopping Centre at North Lakes (on the Northside of Brisbane). There have been three sets of cygnets on the lake this year. We have tried to visit every 4 weeks to check up on their progress. Last time we visited (2 weeks ago) we were hoping to catch up on the second lot who are about 8 weeks old now, photograph them and also to see the brand new family only hatched a week or two before... sadly the newest family had dwindled to only 2 cygnets (originally 4) and those 2 had been attacked by one of the adult swans and relocated to the Sunshine Coast with a surrogate mother. It was quite sad to hear...
I plan to post on the progress of the second family in the next week or two.
Those Black Swans are beautiful, and so gracefully portrayed. I hear they can be quite aggressive in defense of their young.
ReplyDeleteHow nice to see those black Swans! Lovely photos of them. I would love to se those.
ReplyDeleteGreetings Pia in Sweden
Oh my gosh I have never seen a black swan...they are just gorgeous!!!
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