Swan Serenity is a photograph by Norman Johnson which was uploaded on April 8th, 2016.
Swan Serenity
A mute swan swims along the edge of the spatterdock in Lakeland, Florida's lake Morton in late March. It is breeding season and most of the swans are... more
Title
Swan Serenity
Artist
Norman Johnson
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A mute swan swims along the edge of the spatterdock in Lakeland, Florida's lake Morton in late March. It is breeding season and most of the swans are paired up. The�mute swan�(cygnus olor) is native to much of Europe and Asia and a winter visitor to the far north of Africa. It is an introduced species in North America, Australasia and southern Africa. It is found naturally in the temperate areas of Eugope and across western Asia as far east as the Russinan Maritimes, near Sidemi. It is partiallhy migratory through the northern latitudes in Europe and Asia as far south as North Africa and the Mediterranean.
Cygnus olor is a large bird measuring from 55" to 63" in length with a wingspan betwee 79" and 94" that feeds mainly on vegetation on land and in the water. It also feeds occassionally on frogs, tadpoles, fish, snails, mollusks and insects.
There is presently a small population of mute swans that were introduced on Lake Morton in Lakeland, Florida as a gift from the Queen of England. They reside there with black swans from Australia, and black-necked and white coscoroba swans from southern South America.
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April 8th, 2016
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Comments (7)
Norman Johnson
I'm glad you like it Scott. Thank you very much for the feature in the group "FAA Portraits - Birds."
Don Columbus
Congratulations Norman, your work is Featured in "Coastal WaterBirds-ShoreBirds"!
Norman Johnson replied:
I'm glad you like this one Don.Thank you very much for the feature in the group "Coastal Waterbirds - Shorebrids."
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