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Pictures of Swans
All Photos : Birds : Water Birds : Swans
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.


Swan family

Cygnets

Swan reflection vertical

Swan

Swan

Swan mother and child

Swan september

Swan

Baby swan

Black swans

Baby swan

Swan september

Swan mother and child

Swan

Swan in pond

Swan family at nest

Swan in pond

Swan

Black Swans

Swan on lake

Swan sleeping

Black swan

Black necked swan

Black necked swan

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Who''s don''t like swans? (1/30/2010, 5:03 AM)
Who''s don''t like swans? (1/30/2010, 5:03 AM)
Who''s don''t like swans? (1/30/2010, 5:03 AM)
Who''s don''t like swans? (1/30/2010, 5:03 AM)
Swans are my favorite type of bird! (1/26/2010, 5:37 PM)
We have a beautiful black swan in our pond, not sure if it''s male or female. Very verbal though, (1/20/2010, 10:23 AM)
We have a beautiful black swan in our pond, not sure if it''s male or female. Very verbal though, (1/20/2010, 10:23 AM)
We have a beautiful black swan in our pond, not sure if it''s male or female. Very verbal though, (1/20/2010, 10:23 AM)
We have a beautiful black swan in our pond, not sure if it''s male or female. Very verbal though, (1/20/2010, 10:23 AM)
Where are the answers to these questions? (1/20/2010, 10:22 AM)
How can you tell the male from female swans? How may I add a swan photo to this collection? (1/17/2010, 11:22 PM)
do u have types of swans (1/11/2010, 4:54 PM)
cutttttttttttttttt (12/14/2009, 8:53 AM)
very cool imiges of animals insects and lots more and i think it is very awsome to see these nature pictures because it is fabulos to let people to learn about these wonderful nature cretures that live with us and are called swans or cygnets when the are small and butiful or ugly they are swans in the world with us (12/11/2009, 7:31 PM)
oh lala please make the photos more clear cause swans are cute (12/7/2009, 6:16 AM)
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)