Sunday, October 30, 2016

BIRD NEWS:246



Preen, preen, preen... The adult trumpeter swans amassed much down upon the beak, while the youths just nibbled, bit and licked. I walked around the corner towards the hide and got a few better shots. You might be able to see the feathers stuck to the adult's beak in these next shots.



Yes, as per the former swans, the adults were also wing-flapping after feather sucking. In the last of the above photos, you can see the closest adult rubbing the stuck feathers from its beak...



...before going at it again.

I wandered into a hide. The first hide had not had much activity in sight - just a few gulls and a couple of ducks, so I did not take any photos. In the second or third hide, I caught sight of a heron however - at a distance. So far distant, I circled it for clarity.


2 comments:

  1. More preening swans. :D A couple of those pictures are so close together that they look animated if you switch back and forth quickly.

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  2. Maybe i was FAST shooting the pictures!!

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