David Element

Wildlife Photography

and Digital Video Images

__________________________ Birds 20 - Mute Swans 1

                                                     MUTE SWAN Cygnus olor (f)

                                                    MUTE SWAN Cygnus olor (f)

                                            MUTE SWAN Cygnus olor (f, cygnets)

                                                     MUTE SWAN Cygnus olor (m)

                                                     MUTE SWAN Cygnus olor (m)

                                                 MUTE SWAN Cygnus olor (cygnets)

• This sequence of digital photographs were taken in a London park on a fine day in early June. Mute Swan cobs (males) will fiercly protect their young cygnets against intruders, including alien Canada Geese Branta canadensis. This contest is decidedly uneven, although actual physical contact is rarely made. The approach of a dog has provoked the hissing and posturing responses from the pen (female) seen in the first two photographs. Six of the seven cygnets appear to have hold of the same strand of water weed in the final picture.

Links to 'ARKive' species accounts:

• For further information about the Mute Swan use the following link: http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/birds/Cygnus_olor/

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