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  1. Black Swan

    Black Swan

    Black Swan
    • thunor
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    • black swan cygnus atratus
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  2. Black Swan

    Black Swan

    I quite like this pose!
    • Birdy1
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    • black swan cygnus atratus
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  3. At last

    At last

    My first picture of Black Swans from Little Grove, as although there always seemed to be some Out There, they were far too far away to photograph. These two came over to apologise for their bad behaviour, as if they knew this was my last day in Albany.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia black swan cygnus atratus little grove nikon coolpix p900 november western australia
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  4. Black Swan

    Black Swan

    With the mute swans
    • Birdy1
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    • black swan cygnus atratus
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  5. Black Swan and cygnets

    Black Swan and cygnets

    Black Swan and cygnets
    • thunor
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    • black swan black swan & cygnets cygnus atratus
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  6. Black and white over black

    Black and white over black

    I followed an Australian Ibis flying over and got him over a pair of Black Swans for contrast. Strangely I don't appear to have uploaded too many pictures of these swans..
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australian ibis black swan cygnus atratus little grove nikon coolpix p900 november threskiornis molucca western australia
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  7. Black Swan

    Black Swan

    Black Swan
    • thunor
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    • black swan cygnus atratus
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  8. Black Swan

    Black Swan

    Unusually coloured Black Swan. Patterning suggests it may be a juvenile, which are usually grey, progressively becoming black.
    • thunor
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    • black swan cygnus atratus
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  9. Black Swan and White-headed Stilt

    Black Swan and White-headed Stilt

    White-headed Stilt attempts to drive off a Black Swan that has come to close to its chick.
    • thunor
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    • black swan cygnus atratus himantopus leucocephalus white-headed stilt
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  10. Black Swan

    Black Swan

    Black Swan
    • thunor
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    • black swan cygnus atratus
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  11. Black Swans

    Black Swans

    Black Swans
    • thunor
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    • black swan cygnus atratus
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  12. Black Swans

    Black Swans

    Black Swans
    • thunor
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    • black swans cygnus atratus
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  13. Black Swans

    Black Swans

    Black Swans
    • thunor
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    • black swans cygnus atratus
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  14. It's all in the timing!

    It's all in the timing!

    I never noticed the Hardhead swimming past the swan when I was taking this picture. It actully took me a while to work out what had happened to the swan's head; much clearer to see now it's been so heavily cropped LOL Saturday Fun
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 australia black swan cygnus atratus hardhead nikon coolpix p900 october queensland saturday fun wivenhoe dam
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  15. Elegance

    Elegance

    There were one or two species there that I'd not seen for a bit - this Black Swan was one of them. Sadly he didn't come very close to shore, so this is a long distance zoom.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 australia black swan cygnus atratus nikon coolpix p900 october queensland wivenhoe dam
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  16. Black Swan

    Black Swan

    Black Swan
    • thunor
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    • black swan cygnus atratus
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  17. Black Swans in flight.

    Black Swans in flight.

    Black Swans in flight. 3 juveniles and 1 adult.
    • thunor
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    • black swan cygnus atratus
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  18. All Blacks

    All Blacks

    .... but the wrong country for my title LOL. The following day we headed for Tygum Park, a local nature park on the Logan River. From the car park you just sort of head straight for the water and there were loads of 'black' water birds. Here we have some Black Swans, Eurasian Coots and a...
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 anas superciliosa australia black swan brisbane cygnus atratus eurasian coot fuji finepix hs50 fulica atra pacific black duck queensland september tygum park
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  19. Australian Black Swan

    Australian Black Swan

    • peterday
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    • australian black swan cygnus atratus goolwa barrage south australia
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  20. Family outing

    Family outing

    Black Swans
    • thunor
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    • black swan black swan & cygnets cygnets cygnus cygnus atratus swan
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  21. Black Swan

    Black Swan

    • Ken Doy
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    • black swan cygnus atratus queensland
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  22. Big and black

    Big and black

    .. and beautiful eh? So, the start of my last day in Albany for tomorrow we were heading to Perth. I think this was the first picture I'd got of these from the hide. They had been far too distant to capture before. Whichever side of the harbour I was at, they were on the other side LOL.
    • delia todd
    • Media item
    • 2019 albany australia black swan cygnus atratus little grove nikon coolpix p900 november western australia
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  23. Pelly and friends

    Pelly and friends

    A little distant, and a big zoom and crop thereafter too, were this group (well only a little part of it really). In there is an Australian Pelican, three Black Swans and a load of Grey Teal.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 anas gracilis australia australian pelican black swan cygnus atratus denmark grey teal morley beach nikon coolpix p900 november pelecanus conspicillatus western australia wilson's inlet
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  24. One of a kind

    One of a kind

    The Black Swan is an Australian endemic and the only swan native to the continent. It is also the only swan species that is not white. We had turned off the coast road and headed in to Wilson's Inlet, where we stopped at Morley Beach, an important shorebird nesting area.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 black swan cygnus atratus denmark morley beach nikon coolpix p900 november western australia wilson\'s inlet
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  25. Unique

    Unique

    This is the world's only swan that is totally black (apart from the red bill), and the only swan to inhabit Australia. There were a few of them out on the water, but a bit distant, fortunately this guy came just within lens range, still needed full zoom and quite a big crop.
    • delia todd
    • Media item
    • 2019 australia black swan cygnus atratus nikon coolpix p900 october queensland wivenhoe dam
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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