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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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Sångsvan - Cygnus cygnus - Whooper Swan

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Sångsvan - Cygnus cygnus - Whooper Swan

© NF Photo 130406, Hornborgasjön

These images is from last year when it was soo cold still in April. Shot in early morning light. I realised now I had these on other blogs but not on the bird blog. Had to correct that. The last ones are young birds born the year before.

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Swan lake dance

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Swan Lake Dance
Sångsvan - Cygnus cygnus - Whooper Swan

© NF Photo 140314 Stensjön 

Yesterday I had the pleasure to witness a short dance the Whopper Swans performed. They too, love spring time. :)

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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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A great day for birds

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 Stjärtmes - Aegithalos caudatus - Long tailed tit

NF Photo 130310

 

 Blåmes - Parus caeruleus - Blue tit

NF Photo 130310

Sångsvan - Cygnus cygnus - Whooper Swan

NF Photo  130310

Some days everything works so well you almost get stunned. I did not se many birds but things that I liked.  The Long Tailed Tit was searching for food right in front of me. At least for a minute. And then the Blue Tits was playing around with each other. This is a pair I think. The darker one the male. Checking each other out. The swans was in the lake about 10 min walk from the location of the others. This is probably a family where the youngsters just got their adult plumage.

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New life to the land

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NF Photo 120312 at Ökna

Finally the birds are returning. In this first wave there are Whooper swans and different kind of geese. I have id:ed four kinds of them. They are all so welcome. A few ducks has arrived but not on this location. Here are only Mallards. The greylag goose in the last shot, through the tube, was standing in that position for 2 minutes, at least. Almost as it was frozen.

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Svartmes och blåmes - Coal tit and Blue tit

NF Photo 110331

Sångsvan i, fortfarande, en frusen svansjö - Whooper swan  in, still, a frozen swan lake
NF Photo 110331

Skrattmåsen har anlänt - Black-headed Gull has arrived

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Sea birds

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Knölsvan - Cygnus olor - Mute Swan

Sångsvan - Cygnus cygnus - Whooper Swan

NF Photo 110325 at Backa Lake

Storskarv - Phalacrocorax carbo - Great Cormorant

In breeding plumage, NF Photo 110326

The Mute swan arrived yesterday. And the cormorants are now appearing in larger numbers. Beautiful in their variety of plumage details.

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Winter challenging birds

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Sångsvan - Cygnus cygnus - Whooper Swan
NF Photo 110226

Entita - Parus palustris - Marsh Tit

Nötväcka - Sitta europaea - Eurasian Nuthatch

NF Photo 11022

Some of the birds still challenging the harsh winter. The swans only had a small area of open water to swim in. The water grey of cold and clouds.

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Bird Photography Weekly #60 Skådande vid Björkvik – Birding at Björkvik

Jag ju ute med ornitologerna igår. Som jag trodde blev det inte så mycket fågel skådat. De har rymt sin kos söderut. Vi såg i alla fall några betande sångsvanar tvärs över viken. Och en flygande varfågel. Men den fick jag ju ingen bild på.
Vi hade en trevlig och rätt skön förmiddag. Solen sken och vartefter förmiddagen skred blev det drägligt varmt.

I was out with the ornithologists yesterday. There are not much birds around now, but at least, we spotted some Whooper swans grazing across the water.

We had a great morning with a sun that eventually started to warm us up.

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Björkvik viken - Björkvik inlet

Sångsvan - Whooper swan

NF Photo 091018

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Sångsvan - Cygnus cygnus - Whooper Swan

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Sångsvan - Cygnus cygnus - Whooper Swan

NF Photo 090927

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