Swan and his Ducklings
by John Telfer
Title
Swan and his Ducklings
Artist
John Telfer
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Photograph - Photograph
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While on the South Shore of Long Island in Freeport, New York I was waiting to board my boat when I noticed this great looking male swan protecting his Ducklings as they were crossing from one side of the canal to the other where a lot of boat traffic comes through. I knew this was the male swan as the female swan who always came by my boat because we would feed her has a cut-out in her back section where she held the eggs and food to bring to her ducklings and this swan did not have that cut-out in his rear section. Swans, genus Cygnus, are birds of the family Anatidae, which also includes geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe Cygnini. Sometimes, they are considered a distinct subfamily, Cygninae. There are six or seven species of swan in the genus Cygnus; in addition there is another species known as the Coscoroba Swan, although this species is no longer considered one of the true swans. Swans usually mate for life, though 'divorce' does sometimes occur, particularly following nesting failure. The number of eggs in each clutch ranges from three to eight.
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