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Cygnus olor


Cygnus olor
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Copyright: iovescu andrei (andrei99) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 75 W: 6 N: 86] (737)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-02-06
Categories: Birds
Map: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-04-17 0:34
Viewed: 346
Points: 4
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The Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is native to much of Europe and Asia, and (as a rare winter visitor) the far north of Africa. It is also an introduced species in North America, Australasia and southern Africa. The name 'mute' derives from its being less vocal than other swan species, though it is not always
Mute Swan head
The Mute Swan is found naturally mainly in temperate areas of Europe across western Asia, as far east as the Russian maritimes, near Sidemi.[16] Gmelin (1789) and John Latham (1824)[10] reported Mute Swans present in Kamchatka in the 1700s.
It is partially migratory throughout northern latitudes in Europe and Asia, as far south as north Africa and the Mediterranean. It is known and recorded to have nested in Iceland and is a vagrant to that area, as well as to Bermuda, according to the U.N. Environmental Programme chart of international status chart of bird species, which places it in 70 countries, breeding in 49 countries, and vagrant in 16 countries. While most of the current population in Japan is introduced, Mute Swans are depicted on scrolls more than a thousand years old, and wild birds from the mainland Asian population still occur rarely in winter. Natural migrants to Japan usually occur along with Whooper and sometimes Bewick's Swans.
The Mute Swan is protected in most of its range, but this has not prevented illegal hunting and poaching. It is often kept in captivity outside its natural range, as a decoration for parks and ponds, and escapes have happened. The descendants of such birds have become naturalised in the eastern United States and Great Lakes, much as the Canada Goose has done in Europe.
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  • roges Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 604 W: 0 N: 529] (3120)
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Salut Andrei !
O captura frumoasa.
Am expus si eu ceva asemanator , dar surprinsa in Olanda.
Iti doresc sarbatori fericite, Paste Fericit atit tie cit si familiei tale.
O zi frumoasa,
Adrian

Hello Andrei! Nice swans, very nice scene. Ideal light and colours. Good capture. Good luck!

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