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Possibly orphans
Doc Duck

Possibly orphans (Cygnus olor)

Our evening excursion that day was out to a lake off an even smaller channel nearby. One sad thing we saw there was a dead swan. By the way it was lying in the water, it looked like it might have gotten tangled in a fishnet and drowned. Just outside the mouth of the lake we saw these five cygnets jostling for spots on the bank. I wonder if they may have been the orphans of the dead adult we'd seen in the lake. I hope they were big enough to manage on their own.
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Habitat
wetlands
Location
Danube delta
Date taken
27 Aug 2015
Scientific name
Cygnus olor
Equipment used
fz200 +2.2
carann
A sad narrative for this lovely shot, Doc !!! Let's hope this little family will survive. Thanks for sharing.
 
aloktewari
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Three fabulous images, Ann ... well captioned and narrated ... tfs ...
 
Pops1
That's very sad, hopefully they will be fine, nice shot of the little beauties
 
delia todd
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Oh no!!! That's sad to hear Ann - I do hope they get on OK.

That's a lovely picture of the little group. Well done lassie.
 
KC Foggin
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I hope that wasn't the case but I suppose it is one of nature's raw moments.
 
flossiepip
One would hope not Ann, even so they should have another parent and they look a size more capable of looking after them selves. Fingers crossed.
 
02pepe47
Those cygnets are quite well grown so hopefully fend for themselves, let's hope so. By the way Ann, your cygnets I'm pretty sure are Bewick's (Cygnus columbianus). Tfs.
Pepe
 

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