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Post by daitheplant on Nov 21, 2014 20:14:19 GMT
It was too wet to work today, so visited the local boating lake and thought you all may like see some of the residents. Plus, an exotic visitor.  Mute Swans  Coot  Moorhen  Goosanders  Cygnet (it`s parents are in the first pic)  Mallards  the exotic visitor, one for Cherry  |
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Post by Cherry on Nov 24, 2014 8:34:17 GMT
Great photographs daitheplant. The black swan is mixed with white. I thought they were either one or the other. You are right, black swans come from Western Australia. The difference between the coot and the moorhen is clearer in your pics than in my bird book. |
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Post by Rosie on Nov 24, 2014 9:00:57 GMT
What fab pictures Dai, the black swan is lovely  |
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Post by daitheplant on Nov 24, 2014 19:40:05 GMT
Thank you both. Cherry apparently Black swans are supposed to have white feathers also, as well as the bar on the beak. They used to be only in Australia and New Zealand,but they have been hunted out of existence in New Zealand.
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