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Baby swans, or cygnets, hatch covered in a thick down. They're able to run and swim after just hours, but their parents remain very protective over them in the early months of their life. Baby swans are typically dusky grey all over with a soft, fluffy coat and grey-black bill. They have small black feet. All cygnets have this appearance, and the babies of different species can be very hard to tell apart.
Cygnets are covered in white or grayish down, and can swim and dive about 24 hours after hatching. Their mothers and fathers share parental care, frequently carrying the cygnets on their backs, with their wings curled protectively over their babies.
How big is a baby swan?
Baby swans weigh around 250g and are approximately 20cm long. They’re the largest of the baby waterfowl, though they are similarly sized to geese chicks. After six months, they already reach around 6kg, reaching their maximum weight of about 14kg after around 3 to 4 years. Swans are very large and heavy birds - the Trumpeter swan is one of the heaviest flying birds in the world!
How do swans feed their cygnets?
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She will Graze in Shallow Waters with her Cygnets where there are lots of Insects in the Aquatic Plants. and Depend on the Adults to Stir-up the Water around them. The Swan Parents do not Feed their Cygnets.
At what age can cygnets fly?
Cygnets are grey when they hatch with black beaks and gradually turn brown over the first six months at which time they learn to fly. By one year old they are predominantly white but the beak remains grey/pink. Full white plumage and orange beak come with maturity.
Why are some baby swans GREY and some white?
A baby swan or cygnet has a grey feathered coat until it reaches about 20 pounds. Then it too will become snowy white like its parents. The black necked swan is native to South America.
Where do swans go when they leave their parents?
Where do cygnets go when they leave their parents? They normally join the first flock of swans they encounter where they usually stay until they mature when about 4 years old.
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A tree producing its own magical space.View On Black. This area near Yockenthwaite has great landscapes, ancient ruins and fabulous trees. Worth another visit. This tree, with its twisted trunk and clear area around it was very special. I took many shots but this seemed to sum up its character best....the twisted trunk and the swirl of the foreground.
There have been shootings in Old Town on Friday and Saturday nights, so a few of the bars have hired private security companies to patrol the streets.
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Technique: This time the Mason Bee was reacting to my presence outside of her Crown Bees nesting tube. Seems that once the tube is about half full they become concerned when something gets close to it. That tube was capped the next day (full).
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (over 1x) + a diffused MT-24EX (both flash heads on the Canon flash mount, E-TTL metering). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held.
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Sony Center Berlin am Potsdamer platz designed by architect Helmut Jahn.
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There is no greater warrior than a mother protecting her child. ♥
-N. K. Jemisin
A gorilla mom with her son at the zoo.
(Beautiful Capture Wk 4)
"Metamorphosis" est une idée selon laquelle le corps humain n'a pas de limites de transformation. Comme un caméléon, il s'adapte; comme un virus, il mute; comme une personnalité, il change. Ainsi se crée une métamorphose, une complexité organique. Work in progress...
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"Metamorphosis" is a concept about the unlimited transformations of human body. Just like a chameleon, it's fitting, just like a virus, it's mutating, just like a personality, it's changing. Something new is about to birth, a metamorphosis, an organic complexity.
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Jaguar mom and its cub.
The jaguar is a large felid species and the only living member of the genus Panthera native to the Americas.
Its distinctively marked coat features pale yellow to tan colored fur covered by spots that transition to rosettes on the sides.
Photo taken at Porto Jofre, Pantanal-MT
Auckland, New Zealand
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Technique: I was sitting in front of my solitary bee house and I noticed that when other bees got close to this Mason bee she would dart out of the Crown Bee guard tube as if to scare them off. The next day I went out to check on her and the tube was full and capped.
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An emperor goose female protecting her nest while I was doing research on the Yukon Delta NWR in Alaska. Notice the leg bands and already marked eggs.
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A rhinoceros, from Greek rhinokerōs, meaning 'nose-horned', from rhis, meaning 'nose', and keras, meaning 'horn'), commonly abbreviated to rhino, is one of any five extant species of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae, as well as any of the numerous extinct species therein. Two of the extant species are native to Africa, and three to Southern Asia. The term rhinoceros is often more broadly applied to now extinct species of the superfamily Rhinocerotoidea. Members of the rhinoceros family are some of the largest remaining megafauna, with all species able to reach or exceed one tonne in weight. They have a herbivorous diet, small brains (400–600 g) for mammals of their size, one or two horns, and a thick (1.5–5 cm) protective skin formed from layers of collagen positioned in a lattice structure. They generally eat leafy material, although their ability to ferment food in their hindgut allows them to subsist on more fibrous plant matter when necessary. Unlike other perissodactyls, the two African species of rhinoceros lack teeth at the front of their mouths, relying instead on their lips to pluck food.
The oxpeckers are two species of bird which make up the genus Buphagus. Oxpeckers graze exclusively on the bodies of large mammals. Certain species are seemingly preferred, whereas others, like the Lichtenstein's hartebeest or topi are generally avoided. Smaller antelope such as lechwe, duikers and reedbuck are also avoided; the smallest regularly used species is the impala, probably because of the heavy tick load and social nature of that species. In many parts of their range they now feed on cattle, but avoid camels. They feed on ectoparasites, particularly ticks, as well as insects infesting wounds and the flesh and blood of some wounds as well. They are sometimes classified as parasites, because they open wounds on the animals' backs. S_2831
It was over 98 degrees at this Osprey nest site. The two little offspring were panting, to cool off. Osprey mom was providing shade by opening her wings. The Willamette River was just some yards away, yet she stayed providing shelter for a long period until dad Osprey came in with a big fish to feed, and hydrate the little ones. Spectacular!!
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I couldn't resist uploading another one..She seemed ok with all the photographers, but always kept a protective eye on any new visitors.
As a belated mother's day present to my mum, I took her out for the day last Friday. it is a family tradition that we do this as she doesn't get out much any more. We went to a farm shop that I know near Raglan, and had some wonderful bacon rolls and bought some ham. Then we went round the back to admire the latest batch of pigs, since they raise their own pigs there too. Not so much food miles as food yards!
Anyway, this is mum, a Duroc, and the latest offspring. Rachel the owner said that mum is extremely protective, and indeed she didn't take her eye off us for a moment whilst we stood admiring and taking pictures.
At a tourist location in England a visitor felt the need of her sons welfare in greater need than hers