ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae

Cygnus atratus  

Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
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© Geoff Walker 2010
Moulting Lagoon, TAS (Dec, 2010)

Up to 10,000 black swans come to Moulting Lagoon in Tasmania each years to moult.

There were probably 500 scattered over the lagoon the day I had a look including many chicks and juveniles.

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