lizziebelle: (mermaid)
lizziebelle ([personal profile] lizziebelle) wrote2007-05-09 03:37 pm
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a swan story

I went down to Heritage Park at lunch today, as usual, and noticed that the swans were nesting.

nest

I decided to get a bit closer to see if I could get a good photo.Then the male swan started looking like he was going to charge me (and who could blame him? I could be raiding the nest for all he knows).

defending the nest

I must say that his display was quite impressive and would be intimidating to a potential predator. But then, he took a sharp right,

stalking off

and stalked off toward the water, swimming off in a huff.

swimming off in a huff

Which left his mate, busily building her nest, vulnerable to my viscious camera attack:

nesting

It was all very amusing. That male swan is the prissiest bird I've ever met. *g*