Swans of Port Credit

Dance of the Swans!

Young swans are known as cygnets. An adult male is a Cob; from Middle English Cobbe (leader of a group) adult female is a Pen. Recent fossil records, according to the British Ornithological Union, show Cygnus is among the oldest bird species still extant and it been upgraded to "native" species in several European countries, since this bird has been found in fossil and bog specimens dating back thousands of years. All evidence suggests that the genus Cygnus evolved in Europe or western Eurasia during the Miocene, spreading all over the Northern Hemisphere until the Pliocene. When the southern species branched off, is not known. The Mute Swan apparently is closest to the Southern Hemisphere Cygnus its habit of carrying the neck curved (not straight) and the wings fluffed (not flush) as well as its bill color and knob indicate that its closest living relative is actually the Black Swan. They are territorial and in Port Credit, there are a few dominant or bully males, which make for great photography and entertainment.

Even the gulls are spectators!!!

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