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Whooper Swan

Cygnus cygnus

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Today we had the first snow of the year. It was a great day for taking pictures. These are the Whooper swans, they are one of our winter visitors at the dunes. Very beautiful birds, specialy if the are in flight.

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Comments (15)
Jeannette
The first is best as #1, as it is best in the small size...
Antoine Verfaille
Thanks Jeannette I hade a hard time deciding wich picture to place. I have about fifty pictures of these swans taking off.
Jeannette
Lovely :) I like #2 and 5 especially...
ogorneau14
were you this close or did you zoom in?
Thom
the wings touch the ys waw

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Ducks, swans and geese in Central Europe
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2012

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