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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: cosmo3667 on January 11, 2013, 09:29:42 PM

Title: Black Swan Sighting (Update Jan 21st)
Post by: cosmo3667 on January 11, 2013, 09:29:42 PM

Made 3 trips out to Frenchman's Bay and saw and photographed the Black Swan on 2 of the occasions. Seems to hang out on the western end of the bay by the inlet to the bay.

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8377/8362783864_d1bbff3bbf_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/9063892@N03/8362783864/)
Black Swan 010813   10 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/9063892@N03/8362783864/) by Arvo P (http://www.flickr.com/people/9063892@N03/), on Flickr

It is with a heavy heart that I report that the Black Swan is dead. I spoke with a neighbor who fishes at Frernchman's Bay and he told me that last Wednesday Jan 16th he saw the Swan dead on the shore.

Title: Re: Black Swan Sighting
Post by: MEGHAN on January 12, 2013, 08:43:31 AM

Great catch, I love the water droplet.

Meghan

Title: Re: Black Swan Sighting
Post by: Reg on January 12, 2013, 03:20:04 PM

Super catch on this one for sure, i've never seen one.

Title: Re: Black Swan Sighting
Post by: Photoman on January 13, 2013, 06:49:13 PM

Great find. How rare are they to be around here?

Clemens 8)

Title: Re: Black Swan Sighting
Post by: thouc on January 13, 2013, 09:26:28 PM

An escapee now and then, so they are not seen very often.

Title: Re: Black Swan Sighting
Post by: American Redstart on January 14, 2013, 08:12:01 AM

I couldn't find black swan in the Sibley's or Peterson's guide.
Is it a sub-species?
Or just an escapee that occurs every once in a while.

Title: Re: Black Swan Sighting
Post by: thouc on January 14, 2013, 08:16:57 AM

The Black Swan is native to Australia and only occurs here as an escapee.

Title: Re: Black Swan Sighting
Post by: American Redstart on January 14, 2013, 03:58:43 PM

Thanks.

Title: Re: Black Swan Sighting (Update Jan 21st)
Post by: cosmo3667 on January 21, 2013, 09:48:22 AM

It is with a heavy heart that I report that the Black Swan is dead. I spoke with a neighbor who fishes at Frernchman's Bay and he told me that last Wednesday Jan 16th he saw the Swan dead on the shore.