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All aboard! Mother swan takes babies under her wing for trip across the pond (cute photos)
Daily News UK ^
| 8-3-09
Posted on 08/03/2009 5:24:46 PM PDT by rawhide
This doting mother swan has really taken her babies under her wing.
Six tiny cygnets could be seen peeking from beneath her feathers as she floated on the pond at the Bicton Park Botanical Gardens in Devon. The swan, who had been swimming with her brood behind was forced to play piggyback after the young birds became tired.
Amazed visitors watched as the swan spread her wings to allow the cygnets aboard, before before tucking them back protectively to stop them falling off.
She then continued on her way across the pond, occasionally turning her head around to check on her precious cargo.
Visitor Richard Meston. 32, captured the incredible scene on camera.
He told how he watched one young birds attempt to climb aboard while swimming. 'The cygnets had been splashing around in the water, playing and swimming around their mum,' he said.
'They looked like they were starting to get tired and one by one started to scramble up on their mum's back.
'She didn't mind at all and even gave them a nudge up.
'After they got settled in, she covered them with her wings protectively like a cushion and went on her way.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: cygnets; makewayforducks; mother; swan
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posted on
08/03/2009 5:24:46 PM PDT
by
rawhide
To: rawhide
I didn't know swans did that.
thanks!
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posted on
08/03/2009 5:27:10 PM PDT
by
SGCOS
To: rawhide
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posted on
08/03/2009 5:29:19 PM PDT
by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
To: silent_jonny
To: rawhide
Will make a great Windows background, thanks.
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posted on
08/03/2009 5:29:45 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(Obama? Not so much.)
To: rawhide
That was wonderful. It is good to see things like this. Thanks!
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posted on
08/03/2009 5:30:04 PM PDT
by
AEMILIUS PAULUS
(It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
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posted on
08/03/2009 5:30:18 PM PDT
by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
To: rawhide
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posted on
08/03/2009 5:30:21 PM PDT
by
BunnySlippers
(I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
To: rawhide
9
posted on
08/03/2009 5:32:49 PM PDT
by
BunnySlippers
(I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
To: rawhide
Nature is neat!
10
posted on
08/03/2009 5:33:32 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)
To: rawhide
Those are some seriously ugly ducklings!
To: Daffynition
That thing has laser-red eyes.
12
posted on
08/03/2009 5:34:33 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The Tree is thirsty and the hogs are hungry.)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
08/03/2009 5:34:57 PM PDT
by
rawhide
To: BunnySlippers
Oops, how to make that smaller!
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posted on
08/03/2009 5:35:11 PM PDT
by
BunnySlippers
(I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
To: Daffynition
Drop me off at the next light.
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posted on
08/03/2009 5:37:33 PM PDT
by
Kirkwood
(Report to the Unification Center.)
To: rawhide
Thanks so much for the beautiful pics, rawhide! Hummingbirds are my favorite, but swans, even though they can be feisty, are my second favorite! I think they are such beautiful creations!
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posted on
08/03/2009 5:37:46 PM PDT
by
My hearts in London - Everett
(So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.)
To: rawhide
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posted on
08/03/2009 5:38:47 PM PDT
by
Dumpster Baby
(Bacon,smokless powder,and boobs are proof that God loves us.)
To: rawhide
Thanks, that is a perfect photgraphic example of Psalms 91:4
“He will cover you with his feathers and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart”
To: rawhide
Wish I had the brains to post photos. I have a photo somewhere on my computer of a female great blue heron and four mallard ducklings. All rather confused but hanging out together. Very cute.
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posted on
08/03/2009 5:39:17 PM PDT
by
Mercat
(Scary middle aged people take the street)
To: rawhide
Swans are purty but they're mean as the dickens.
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posted on
08/03/2009 5:39:24 PM PDT
by
shove_it
(and have a nice day)
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