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The mute swan (Cygnus olor) is a species of swan and a member of the waterfowl family Anatidae. It is native to much of Eurasia, and (as a rare winter visitor) the far north of Africa. The name 'mute' derives from it being less vocal than other swan species... wikipedia
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Taken on a cold winter day in Pa. Ice was forming around the lake, but the swans seemed oblivious. Could have watched them all day....
Getting your swans in a row! Got lucky - was trying to get 2 in line with the sunset and the third just swanned in. Rickmansworth, England
A male swan (cob) tries to impress his feeding mate (called a pen). Didn't work tho.....
I believe these are tundra swans. Could be trumpeters, but don't think so. Tundra swans are decidedly more common.
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Mon chat Sacha, est malheureusement mort en Janvier de cette année, Swan à quatre mois, il est arrivé hier soir, il ne remplacera pas Sacha, mais il trouvera sa place chez nous, et je pense qu'il nous a déjà adopté :-)
Swans and cygnets seen on our Winchester trip last year. Only just getting around to looking at some of these photos.
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A pair of Mute Swans on the bonnie banks of Loch Lomond at Luss, Scotland. Captured just before the lock down on a jaunt to some deserted locations for a last gasp of fresh air. Enjoy!
Taken at Barton Marina, Staffordshire
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One last swan image, I am quite excited about this pair and hoping to be able to observe them with their family.
Swans feature strongly in mythology. In Greek mythology, the story of Leda and the Swan recounts that Helen of Troy was conceived in a union of Zeus disguised as a swan and Leda, Queen of Sparta. Other references in classical literature include the belief that upon death the otherwise silent Mute Swan would sing beautifully – hence the phrase swan song; as well as Juvenal's sarcastic reference to a good woman being a "rare bird, as rare on earth as a black swan", from which we get the Latin phrase rara avis, rare bird. The Mute Swan is also one of the sacred birds of Apollo, whose associations stem both from the nature of the bird as a symbol of light as well as the notion of a "swan song". The god is often depicted riding a chariot pulled by or composed of swans in his ascension from Delos.
White swan and a coot.
Balboa Park. Los Angeles. California.