Black Swans BJU and BNY with cygnet

  

Tuesday 14 December 2021

 

At about 4:00pm the family party of BJU + BNY + a mid-sized cygnet on the eastern arm of L. Ginninderra. This time BJU came in close to investigate Yori but later crossed to the western side because a swan flew in and BJU saw it off involving a threatening swim-off. Arriving swan presumed to be a cob and the same interaction that I have seen several times before occurred. Yesterday and today only 4 swans seen a pair with a well grown cygnet and a lone cob.

The hg/l but still downy cygnet of BJU and BNY


Eastern side of the East Arm of L. Ginniderra with the family party of BJU (left and nearer swan) along with BNY and cygnet (in the distance to the right). This is often where I find them.

 


BJU (the cob) coming towards me, presumably because of Yori



 

Band readable on BJU (above) and portrait of this cob (below)

 

 

 

 

 


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