Sunday 3 March 2013

Tweedledum and Tweedledee

At six months, these are of two of the original swanlings, that hatched late August and fledged late Dec/early Jan. They have returned and reclaimed. You can see they are tandem operators, never straying far from the other. Mama still comes by occasionally on a fly-in fly-out basis

So elegant in the water
and such chunky moves on land.


4 comments:

  1. Great photos - especially the first one with all the colors in the water. I've enjoyed reading your previous posts as well. I'll be back for more!

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  2. Yes, lovely photos. They do look so ungainly out of the water don't they? It's like their neck comes out of their body at the wrong spot or something.

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  3. I have to admit I sometimes think of them as balloons with necks, virtually unsinkable. The legs are really strong and stocky. Swans are built for survival!

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