Shaking off
by Inge Riis McDonald
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Shaking off
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Inge Riis McDonald
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Photograph - Photography
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The cygnets hitched a ride on the mother's back to the shore. After mother dropped them off, she stretched and shook off her wings
The exotic Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) is the elegant bird of Russian ballets and European fairy tales. This swan swims with its long neck curved into an S and often holds its wings raised slightly above its back. Although they’re numerous and familiar in city parks and in bays and lakes in the Pacific Northwest, Great Lakes, Northeast, and Midatlantic, Mute Swans are not native to North America. Their aggressive behavior and voracious appetites often disturb local ecosystems, displace native species, and even pose a hazard to humans. (All about birds)
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June 15th, 2013
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