Leena's Photoblog
Brooding Whooper Swan
Posted by Leena (Joensuu, Finland) on 27 September 2009 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.
I suppose, that not many of you have seen this situation, thus I show the Whooper Swan couple at their nest.
A male was watching over very carefully and then I disturbed them of course with my camera, a female left a nest for a while.
Photos are taken last spring.
Wonderful Sunday to everybody!
Sun rises 6:58 and sets 18:45. Length of day is 11 h 47 min.
Thank you very much for your visits and comments !
Japanalia from Yokohama, Japan
Ah,so! They are swans! Somehow, in your previous shot, I thought them to be geese! They must be very sensitive to foreign presence when nesting. They use to leave the nest in order to draw the intruder's attention somewhere else in the hope of saving the nest.Common behaviour among birds nesting on the ground.
What you saw in my today's posting are edible chestnuts. We have plenty of chestnut orchards in Japan.
27 Sep 2009 7:29am
MrsAmber from West Wickham, United Kingdom
This is such a great montage of beautiful swans in their habitat. Very good!
27 Sep 2009 9:27am
Susan from Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States
Wonderful shots......nicely put together too!!
27 Sep 2009 1:43pm
Audrey from France
I saw whooper swans in Iceland last summer ,they are beautiful , but i never seen their nest before , great capture !
27 Sep 2009 2:21pm
marc battault from clermont ferrand, France
a very good "tryptique" ,leena !
kiss !
27 Sep 2009 8:32pm
