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Black Swan and Ducks


Black Swan and Ducks

I snapped a picture of this guy as we walked by the lake yesterday.



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Lovely photo.Is it a Black Swan?Not much knowledge of American species

21 Oct, 2008

 

beautiful bird

21 Oct, 2008

 

Hi Tina, I'm not sure what the species is called. It is a black colored swan. We have ones that are all white and then ones that are white and black mixed. They are not native here. As the story goes, the original mute white swans were a gift from Queen Elizabeth in the 1950s. The city takes care of them and protects their breeding areas. I'm not sure if the ones now are all descendants of the original swans.

21 Oct, 2008



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