Come on Bubba's by byronbackyard
Another six new cygnets at West Byron Wetlands. After hatching, the cygnets are tended by the parents for about 9 months until fledging. Cygnets may ride on their parent’s back for longer trips into deeper water, but Black Swans undertake this behaviour less frequently than Mute and Black-necked Swans.
The chicks are covered in grey down, and are able to swim and feed themselves as soon as they hatch.
Canon 50D, EF70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Comments
Great shot Deb. My favourite pair of swans have six new cygnets as well. Saturday was the first time I saw them and I’s say they were about a week old.
Thanks Al, this is a new lot of bubba’s …. the others I was photographing are young teenagers now, they’re getting quite a population in the wetlands!
– byronbackyard
So beautiful !! – lovely work !!
Many thanks Gail, they are too cute for words!
– byronbackyard
Congratulations! Your photo has been featured in the group “In, & around Byron”
This photo was chosen because it was of a very high quality and it captured exactly the sort of work we are looking for in the Byron group.
Please keep up the great work and we hope you continue to add more of your excellent photographs to this group.
Many thanks, very happy making!
– byronbackyard