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Mute Swans, (Cygnus olor), are members of the Anatidae family, which includes all of the swan species, as well as ducks and geese. Despite their name, they are not in fact mute, but are markedly less vocal than other types of swans.

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The Mute Swan's native range includes most of Europe and Asia, and occasionally winter migration will take it as far south as north Africa. It has also been introduced and naturalized in North America, southern Africa, and to Australia, New Zealand and their neighboring islands.

Mute swans closely resemble Whooper swans, but can be distinguished from them by the color of their bills (Mute Swans have a reddish-orange bill, while Whooper Swans have yellow bills) and by the fleshy projection on their foreheads just above the bill, which the Whooper Swan lacks. Swans are among the largest flying birds, and although they are not the longest species, Mute Swans are among the most massive. A Mute Swan male, or "cob", was the heaviest waterfowl ever recorded, weighing in at 50 pounds (23 kg) in Poland.

Mute Swans, like the rest of the Anatidae family, are herbivores, and their diet consists mainly of aquatic plants. They form mated pairs within their flock, and mate for life with rare exceptions. Such splits of previously-mated pairs usually only occur after a failed nesting, and are extremely uncommon. This lifelong pairing has led them to be used to symboliza love, marital devotion, and loyalty since ancient times.

		Two cygnets	Swan	Swan family
		Cygnets	Swan reflection vertical	Swan in pond
Swan	Swan family	Swan	Swan	Swan in pond
Swan family	Cygnets			Swan mother and child
Cygnets	Swan			Swan family
Two cygnets	Swan september	Swan family	Swan mother and child	Swan
Swan			Swan family	Baby swan
Baby swan			Baby swan	Swan mother and child
Baby swan	Baby swan	Baby swan	Swan	Swan
Swan	Baby swan			Cygnet
Swan family at nest	Swan family at nest			Swan mother and child
Swan family at nest	Swan mother and child	Swan family	Black swans	Swan
Swan family	Swan mother and child	Swan	Swan	Baby swan
Two cygnets	Swan september	Swan mother and child	Swan	Swan
Swan in pond	Swan	Swan mother and child	Swan in pond	Swan
Swan	Swan in pond	Swan family at nest	Baby swan	Baby swan
Baby swan	Swan in pond	Swan	Swan mother and child	Swan
Two cygnets	Swan mother and child	Swan family at nest	Swan	Swan
Baby swan	Adolescent swan	Swan family at nest	Swan	Swan in pond
Swan swimming	Baby swan	Swan in pond	Swan	Baby swan
Swan	Swan with three cygnets	Swan in pond	Swan swimming	Swan september
Swan in pond	Swan in pond	Swan	Swan	Swan
Swan	Swan	Swan swimming	Adolescent swan	Swan in pond
Swan swimming	Swan swimming	Swan	Pic	Baby swan
Swan in pond	Swan	Swan	Swan	Swan in pond
Swan	Baby swan	Swan	Swan	Swan
Swan in pond	Swan in icy waters	Swan	Swan swimming	Swan in pond
Swan swimming	Swan swimming	Swan	Swan	Swan in pond
Swan swimming	Swan in pond	Swan	Swan swimming	Swan swimming
Swan swimming	Swan swimming	Black Swans	Swan mother and child	Swan on lake
Swan	Swan	Swan sleeping	Black swan	Black necked swan
Black necked swan	Two cygnets edited

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The swans on our water had 5 sygnets which have now all left except for one, she is all alone now. Is this usually for them all to leave except for one? (10/30/2009, 5:05 PM)

i have to do an art prodject on swans (9/22/2009, 2:47 PM)

swans are so cute (9/22/2009, 2:44 PM)

Im doing a project on where i have to get a picture of swans and ducklings for "The Ugly Duckling" and i havent had much luck yet... (9/17/2009, 1:30 AM)

swans r very cuteee! (7/18/2009, 10:05 PM)

swans are cool,awesome,pretty and totally adorable (6/10/2009, 6:46 PM)

swans are cool (6/10/2009, 6:44 PM)

God bless you for all you have done in this sight and please keep it up for keeping more interesting picture of this Bird. (6/8/2009, 2:40 PM)

Thanks for making this fabulous sight so our children get more education from this sight. (6/8/2009, 2:36 PM)

I love swans they are so so prety I'v seen a swan and it was moor than beautiful I read a book that is cald UGLY and it is so so good and its funny and it taiks about swans a lot its one of my favret books and your pics are realy good they are so so goood. Thank you (6/5/2009, 2:33 PM)

i like pie (5/31/2009, 4:16 PM)

how beautiful i am doing a Spanish project on swans (5/30/2009, 5:54 PM)

I ABSOLUTELY ADORE SWANS BUT THIER NOT PROTECTED ENOUGH. (5/26/2009, 1:52 PM)

I like swans.infect I have a pair of swan. I WANT TO KNOW HOW TO BREAD THEM??? PLZ REPLY (5/12/2009, 10:24 AM)

I love swans and if i was rich i would have the biggest pond in the world installed then i would by all the swans in the world!:) (5/7/2009, 10:14 AM)

those swan are prety (5/4/2009, 5:09 PM)

SWANS ARE SOOOOOOOOOO AWSOME! (4/25/2009, 12:28 PM)

SWANS ARE SO BEATUITFUL! (4/25/2009, 12:25 PM)

there are a little bit off error in the angle of the shot. i know, maybe the photographer of these photos is an amateur. apologies! (4/23/2009, 11:56 PM)

I lllllllllllllllllllo oooooooooooooooovvvv vvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeee them (4/15/2009, 12:19 PM)

Swans may be cute but they can be a pain in the rear end and are a beast as well (4/13/2009, 8:27 PM)

i just love the most ugliest but cutest swans (4/13/2009, 12:24 PM)

YA!!!!!!!!!!!! GO!!!!!!!!!!!!! SWANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (3/12/2009, 7:41 PM)

these are some cool pichers of swans i love how they look when they are on water that is so cool (3/12/2009, 7:40 PM)

Why do you romanticize the mute swan? It's just a nuisance and should be eradicated. Trumpeters are much more beautiful and less of a pest. (2/15/2009, 10:08 PM)