Black Swan

[skyring]

Black Swan,
originally uploaded by skyring.

I was walking beside a river in Frankfurt (I don't know whether it was the Main or a tributary) and I pointed at some water birds, "Look, white swans!"

I was also walking beside Elhamisabel and she looked surprised and then incredible when I explained that sure we had swans in Australia, but they were black.

And here one is. I tried for a close-up, but the combination of swan and photo movement made for an interesting effect.

Comments

[proonjoos.livejournal.com]

We have a couple of those in Ottawa. They're really massive, and aggressive (or maybe a better term would be unafraid of everything) - I've seen one in a fight with a family of Canada geese at the Rideau river. One gets the impression that they will beat you up if you don't give them the bread ends and cracked corn fast enough. The white swans steer clear of them.