Cygnets in the morning light - a photo on Flickriver

Cygnets in the morning light

            Two of seven cygnets in my local park, hatched in May this year.  Still with their parents but no doubt will be driven out very soon to make their own way and find their own mates.

The cygnets typically stay with their parents for 6 months.

Once the cygnets are old enough to look after themselves the parents cut the parental ties with them and chase them away, sometimes quite aggressively.

They normally join the first flock of swans they encounter where they usually stay until they mature when about 4 years old.

As a general rule swans mate for life.  If a mate is lost then the surviving mate will go through a grieving process like humans do, after which it will either stay where it is on its own, fly off and find a new stretch of water to live on (where a new mate may fly in and join it) or fly off and re-join a flock.

The particular male in this park has flown off and successively found 2 different mates to join him after his partner has died.

In the wild an average lifespan would be 12 years. In a protected environment this figure can reach 30 years.

Taken on: December 9, 2024

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Sets appears in: • Birds and Wildfowl • Swans

Groups appears in: • Swans -LBD • *Specialist Nature & Wildlife Photographers* (P1 - A2) more » • swans so graceful • Flickr Social • Not Any Old Photo « less

Camera: Panasonic DC-TZ90, f/3.3, 1/80 sec, 4.3mm, ISO 80 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Panasonic DC-TZ90
Aperture:	f/3.3
Exposure Time:	0.013 sec (1/80)
Focal Length:	4.3mm
ISO:	80
Exposure Bias:	-0.66 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	PhotoScape
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