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What springs to mind when you think of white?
For me it is snow ❄️and swans 🦢!
This post will be a compilation of some of my favourite swans for the POBphotocontest New Round: WHITE by @friendlymoose
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As we go through the post, I shall tell you more about the Swan family.
First of all though I shall say that the location in is Raith Lake in the two where I live, which is in Kirkcaldy in the Kingdom of Fife in Scotland.
All the pictures are of mute swans and were taken by me with my new toy 📸 which is a Canon Powershot HS70 bridge camera.
I buy swan food from Amazon that comes in the form of little brown pellets, you can see them floating in the water. The swans love it and it is full of nutrients and vitamins that need.
I have taken many pictures of swans in Beveridge Park in Krkcaldy of Susie and Stevie Swan and the children the pies.
However they have relocated to Raith Lake and the is Mum Susie flying back to her nest.
The picture above is a cygnet from last year. There are two giveaways. Do you know what they are?
The first is his feathers, they are not competely white and still have the tan coloured camouflagued feathers I call them.
The second is the colour and shape of his beak. His beak is black.
Here you can see mum Suies sitting on her nest, and look at her orange beak with the big black knob at the top. That is the easiest way to spot if a swan is an adult or not.
This was dad Stevie coming to say hello. Some people get intimidated by swans, but I talk to them and I feed them and them come up to me. They really are majestical creatures as far as I am concerned.
I took this with my zoom and was the Swan family on their little reed island, I shot it from the path on the other side of the lake. You can see mum Susie sitting on her nest and dad Stevie having a little rest. Last years cygnet blueberry-pie I call him is up looking guard.
Dad Stevie was preening himself on the water.
This is Susie on her nest.
I called her and zoomed in to show her feathers on her beak, she must have been preening herself.
I did call them over and it was Dad Stvie that came first.
That was him starting to tuck into the pellets.
While Susie and Stevie came to eat, they left child blueberry-pie to watch the nest.
This was Dad Stevie saying hello again!
I had seen another pair of swans at the far end of the lake, and went to find them, however Dad Stevie and blueberry-pie followed me.
Yes they still wanted more food!
I love the reflections in the water.
I am not sure which pair this are from, they look too big to be the cygnets from Beveridge Park of last year.
Nor did I find their nest, so I am guessing they are a pair that have not become mates for life yet.
But they do have fun chumming around together!
Now winter is well and truly over they are starting to plump again which is good.
And of course Susie just loves to look so darn cute with her little sideways glances!
You can see the water levels have dropped as Susie is standing in that picture and normally she would be swimming there.
This last picture was the male showing off for his female, or pehaps he is trying to make her his female, and by the way she is the swan in the very first picture.
So there we have it, my 🦢 swan 🦢 pictures and my entry for WHITE.
I am hoping the rain eases off so I can get back there in the next week or so and get an update on the new set of swan cygnets the 2022 pies for @coquicoin
All images and ramblings are from me, the mad Scotsman @TengoLoTodo unless otherwise stated.
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Pictures taken by me with my Canon Powershot HS70 bridge camera
at Raith Lake, Kirkcaldy, Scotland
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tengooooooooooooo! hehehehe
oh my goodness - your love for these swans is infectious! hehehe how in the world did you name their little one "blueberry pie" hahahahahah that is SO funny!
I really love a few of these shots - the ones where the male has his wings curled - almost in a heart - are really extraordinary! and also the one with the reflection in the water!
I didn't know that they could choose mates - without mating for life!!!! that's wild! hehehe they have a choice i guess hehehehe
thank you for sharing these - and of course - I'm here from you know wheeeeeeere - DREEMPORT! HAHAHAHA
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I love the swan's they are just the best. This pair I met last year in our local park, but they moved to the lake which is further away from me, but away from people, so only the odd dog walker that goes there now.
It is much safer for them.
The pies are what I called their six cygnet children last year. This is one of them blueberry pie, I think I posted about cutie-pie and mud-pie in my post the day before, they are still at the old park, and did not follow mum and dad Susie and Stevie.
You know they recognise you and I love feeding them, and when I post what I earn goes for their food, so it is a win win :)
As always, you've got beautiful swan captures Tito Ed. Hello Stevie an Susie :) They seem to be always having fun in their kingdom hehe.
thank you CJ, I think they prefer this kingdom, it is much much quieter and less accessible than Beveridge Park where they were last year.
They probably like their peace and they have it there hehe
Absolutely they do, they are like us, forget people give us the nature :)
These photos are all so beautiful, Super Ed 😍 🦢 Susie is so cute.
I too hope you can go back soon, and without rain for some more news about the pies.
Good luck in the White contest :)
Have a magic Friday.
hehe there you, there are some different ones in there, but when I saw white, I thought time to post a little selection of Stevie and Susie. I can see why they changed locations, as this is so much more peaceful and less intruders than Beveridge Park!
Have a magical Friday too Super Eli:)
It looks a lot quieter and wilder than the park indeed. So it's understandable that they've moved there. 🦢😍
I hope your day is going great, Super Ed :)
Yes and the fishing was shut down as an enterprise last September so another reason for them move in :)
It is a good day, and now catching up with HIVE notifications!
Enjoy your Friday afternoon Super Eli :)
I actually learnt a lot about swans from this article. Thanks for sharing such an amazing content with us
I think they are fascinating and amazing creatures, and I am so glad that you were able to learn something. It is articles like this that help me earn to pay for their food. So it is a win win. Have a fantastic day.
Gosh, is it really halfway? How did we get here so fast? Has someone hit the fast-forward button on the tape? Swans are beautiful but can be rather defensive. I was kayaking down our local canal the other day and came across two with cygnets in tow. I had to pick my route around them rather carefully, as I was practically at their eye level being so low in the water myself!
Yep halfway unfortunately!
They can be defensive especially when they have their cygnets around. Being at eye level with them, it is good you did pick your route, you don't want a peck or two!
They were fine and said, “Good evening” in Swannish as I passed by.
hehe I hope you replied in your best Swannish!
They are cool birds and will recognise you, mine all come running when they clock it is me, bribery with their swan food helped though🤣
I did indeed. Gave them a calm, steady eye and a little bit of pidgin Swannish. Impossible to write, as Swans have never bothered to work on their written language skills, probably upset by the Quill no doubt.
Ah yes the Quill set back the written Swannish right enough back. I hear the translators are having a hard time making it available to the general public.
Beautiful photos of swan, mum Suies look as Beautiful as the best of her kind.
It was a great experience feeding my eyes with the great photographys you have made here.
When I watched dad Stevie moves when he was coming to say hello, I couldn't stop but to imagine how amazing swans are.
thank you so much @repayme4568 they are wonderful creatures, and they recognise you once you visit them a few times.
They are wonderful models and are always happy to pose for food!
Hehe Dad Stevie has some great moves.
Thanks for coming to say hello and have a wonderful weekend.
Have a wonderful weekend too and happy New month to you
Thank you, enjoy :)
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Excellent, it has been quite a while that the link actually ends up on my Hive post, even when I was tweeting it was not posting on here!
I had that problem for awhile and one day it started working
aha it happens to me a few times, will work then stop, then one day starts again! Well weird!
That’s proper weird!
Yeah, will see what happens when I try to post one today!
It will be fine! Have faith!
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Hehehhe! This your post just had me giggling all through. You and your animals or should I say, you and your swan. Was it not just yesterday we talked about how much you loved them and now this post just reveals it all. For you to go as far as buying food and feeding them...awww!that melts my heart🥰🥰.
I've learnt something, adult swans have orange beak. Now if I ever get to see one, I'd be able to tell the age. You had so much fun with the swan family and the cute names you gave them all. Who is your favourite amongst them? 😄😄
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I love nature and especially birds. Providence has seen fit to place every creature on earth for a reason. Each has its purpose for being.
I have never seen a Swan close-up myself. I have heard they can be nasty. Especially a hen (are female Swans called hens?) with newborns.
Beautiful images! Thank you for sharing them! Blessings and groovy vibes to you and yours.
That is awesome, very much appreciated and have yerself a magical weekend!