Birds (class Aves)
Fulica atra - Cygnus olor - Anas platyrhynchos
50.8843, 5.98617
Field Notes
Description:
=------The Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) is a species of swan, and thus a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is native to much of Europe and Asia, and (as a rare winter visitor) the far north of Africa. It is also an introduced species in North America, Australasia and southern Africa. The name 'mute' derives from it being less vocal than other swan species. Measuring 125 to 170 centimetres (49 to 67 in) in length, this large swan is wholly white in plumage with an orange bill bordered with black. It is recognisable by its pronounced knob atop the bill
=-------The Mallard ( /ˈmælɑrd/ or /ˈmælərd/), or Wild Duck (Anas platyrhynchos), is a dabbling duck which breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and has been introduced to New Zealand and Australia.
-The male birds have a bright green or blue head, while the female's is light brown. The Mallard lives in wetlands, eats water plants, and is gregarious. The Mallard is the ancestor of most domestic ducks, and can interbreed with other species of genus Anas. Among close relatives of the Mallard this hybridisation can cause genetic dilution, which is contributing to the decline of rarer species of ducks
=-------The Eurasian Coot, Fulica atra, also known as Coot, is a member of the rail and crake bird family, the Rallidae. The Australian subspecies is known as the Australian Coot.---The Coot is 32–42 cm (13–17 in) long and weighs 585–1,100 g (1.29–2.4 lb), and is largely black except for the white facial shield (which gave rise to the phrase "as bald as a coot", which the Oxford English Dictionary cites in use as early as 1430). As a swimming species, the Coot has partial webbing on its long strong toes.
-The juvenile is paler than the adult, has a whitish breast, and lacks the facial shield; the adult black plumage develops when about 3–4 months old, but the white shield is only fully developed at about one year old.
-This is a noisy bird with a wide repertoire of crackling, explosive, or trumpeting calls, often given at night
Habitat:
The order Anseriformes contains about 150 living species of birds in three extant families: the Anhimidae (the screamers), Anseranatidae (the Magpie Goose), and the Anatidae, which includes over 140 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans.
All species in the order are highly adapted for an aquatic existence at the water surface. All are web-footed for efficient swimming (although some have subsequently become mainly terrestrial).
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anseriformes )
Notes:
at the right side (totally right from the ice-hole) , were also running some "Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)" around. Saw them when i took position, thought to have some on picture, but here at home, i myself could not recognize them proppelry from that pictures, which left over, (some were really bad fuzzy). So i also just mention them and focus at the other species.---- this is no real panorama-view, i took individual, different picture , but while cropping, some accidenticly became the same size, and fitted that well, that i tried to adjust the other pitures as well, here the result, (and keep in mind, that those 6 picture are actually just 3), piture nr. 5 and 2 are replaceable !!
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