Mute swan family

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Mute swan family

© NF Photo 170627, Näsnaren

Four chicks swimming and one taking a ride. And all of them sleepy.  ☺
This was a treat, I have not seen them before. 

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New life

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Lilla Näsnaren

© NF Photo 170503

I visted the little shallow lake Lilla Näsnares the other day. They have built a new platform for birders and I wante to check it out.

There were several pairs of Mute swan and I thought there might be nesting. There was also some Common Terns showing off :) To my pleasure. 

When I checked my shots at home  I enlarged one of them and saw that the Mute swans already had chicks. I had not seen that as I did not bring my Spotting Scope. A nice surprise. Now I have to go there often as I have not seen swan young for several years. 

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Swans

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Mute swan and juv whooper swan

© NF Photo 160909 Näsnaren

This was weird somehow. I did see the young whooper swans but no adults. Then there was adult mute swans. In the first image the mute swan is swimming really fast towards the young whooper swans. I thought, there is trouble going on soon as the two swan species don´t really get along. But luckily nothing of the sort happened. :) 

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Preparing for fall migration

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 Gråhäger - Grey Heron
One adult and one juvenile

Crane, Mute swan, Greylag goose and Eurasian coot

© NF Photo 160825

They are gathering and preparing for the trip south again. 
I think they will leave early as the waterlevel is still too low. 

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Knölsvan - Cygnus olor - Mute Swan

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Knölsvan - Cygnus olor - Mute Swan

© NF Photo 140710  at Näsnaren

 Mute Swan with 3 young appeared suddenly in the lake.  The pair has been here for three years during spring and summer and had no offspring before. So I was delighted.

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Mute swan gathering Knölsvan - Cygnus olor - Mute Swan

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 Knölsvan - Cygnus olor - Mute Swan

 Whooper Swan and Mute Swan

 

Knölsvan - Cygnus olor - Mute Swan

NF Photo 130718, Lake Näsnaren 

I was surprised when I arrived to the lake a couple of days ago. I was expecting graylag geese. Instead there was about a hundred mute swans and one whooper swan. And a few ducks here and there. The swans usually gather here but not this early. Does that mean the breeding was not successful? I did not see any young birds in the group. Anyway, it was a beautiful sight. And a lot of action in the group too.

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Knölsvan - Cygnus olor - Mute Swan

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Knölsvan - Cygnus olor - Mute Swan

NF Photo 120625    Aberlady Bay, Scotland

There are a few vaders also in the background. This is a very nice wetland watered by the tides. I visited the area last summer.

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