Hello Hello and welcome to the weekend Hive
I was at my local park yesterday feeding the ducks and two mute swans, Steve and Susie.
When I got home and after a coffee I went through some of the pictures that I had taken. I came across this one which is when Susie Swan was just about to scare off a dog that was coming a bit too close to the waters edge!
I thought it would be a cracking picture for the REFLECTION CONTEST - Round 57, so here is my entry!
No edits at all with this swan picture, the sun was pretty much perfect to capture the coloured reflection of the swan in the water.
The animals brighten up my day always, and they even did it two days in a row without realising it!
This picture tickled me, when I first glanced at the baby seagull, it looked like he was wearing a little witches or wizard hat!
The baby seagull was getting more adventurous, he hadn't learnt yet that the swans take no prisoners!
This last one is after scared the dog away, do you see how her wings are raised, that is what they are like after their attack mode!
There is one little chappy who the swans tolerate coming to the waters edge and that is Sammy the Squirrel!
Have a great rest of your weekend and thanks for looking!
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Gosh, those are awesome swan reflections Tito! The swan is sooo white and gorgeous😍
Sammy and the baby seagull took the spotlight too
oo CJ it is amazing what the sun does, hopefully now spring is here, there will be plenty more of that, and let's see how many babies they make this year! Sammy of course always is a show stealer 🤣🤣🤣
I am sure you will have fun counting their babies Tito Ed :) Excited to read your updates on them of course! Well, Sammy is Sammy, lol!
Yes and I am getting a proper camera so that I can take better pics of the babies CJ 📷😁👏
Whoa, that's good to hear Tito!😍 Your pics are actually awesome, but yes, a proper camera is a great idea.
Thank you CJ but there are times I need a zoom, so this will sort that 😁😁😁
Wow, these pictures are amazing, they were well taken. These swans are beautiful even the squirrel 💙💙.
Thank you, I am buying a camera 📸📷 next week so hopefully, I can take some clearer ones, thank you for your kind words. Yes Sammy 💙💙💙 is very friendly and sometimes likes to pose for me 😁😁😁
That's really nice.
Thank you, it is always fun to picture them 😁
Yeah, it is.
Those are all gorgeous pictures, super Ed! 😻😻 And what a funny one of the baby seagull seeming like wearing a witch hat 😂🧙🧙😆
Thank you Super Eli 💙
That was priceless, I saw it and was 🤣🤣🤣 but yes it is a 🧙 haha
You are welcome, Super Ed 💙
Looking forward to the funny pics of 🦆🦢🐿️ you'll take with your new 📷😄
Yes they should be amazing pictures of 🦆🦢🐿️ with the new 📷
It will be about two weeks before it is delivered though super Eli 😆
⏳⏳ time goes fast! 😄 So in a blink of an eye, you will have your new 📷 May I ask which one you bought?
Yes you may ask 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣 very funny. I can ask but you won't answer 😂😂😂 Pillin!
These pictures look nice.
Lol me too my first glanced gave me same impression
hehe yes our mind can play tricks on us 🤣🤣🤣
Yay! 🤗
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The photos turned out beautifully, taken at the perfect moment.
Thank you, they came out well, but they are fun to photograph too!
It is a wonderful entry to the contest, @tengolotodo - the swan which is about to scare off a dog! The seagull "wearing a wizard hat" and Sammy are pretty too. Thank you for sharing with us 💞!
Thank you @olgavita I take so many pictures of the swans that I thought I would try to do a little picture story for the contest and then had to put in Sammy as I do show him to my readers often, but he has been missing the last couple of weeks🤣
Sammy is absolutely pretty! Will be glad to see his photo-portraits again ❤️
oh cool, I have quite a few of Sammy and his relatives already 😁
I love swans. Magnificent birds. Lovely photos. That is a witch's hat, by the way.
Those photos also took me back to a riverside childhood holiday. There was a pair of swans that lived on the river and they'd often sail past as we picnicked and played in the water.
Yes a witch;s hat, I think it too. Yeah swans are amazing creatures, majestic and beautiful. I love watching these two especially once they have cygnets. They are very territorial and have a go at some dogs and people too 🤣🤣🤣
Riverside holidays as a child are great, I had a few of those😁
Is it my imagination or do swans not mate for life?
We did learn, on that holiday, not to antagonise them or to get too close.
You are right they do mate for life. Often a pair will take over a body of water and not let any other swans on it. That is why they run their children off in about February so that they can start the process all over again!
We have been wondering whether guineafowl are the same. Because we think it's the same pair each year. The hen has some very distinctive features.
A male and female guinea fowl are normally monogamous—which means that they pair with each other for life and mate with no other individuals.
http://www.bigrunwolfranch.org/guinea_fowl.html
So I think then it is the same pair you see each year 😁
Ah, you did the homework I was too lazy to do! Thank you!
I love swangs so much!! You captivated beautiful reflections of them!!
thank you, I am lucky there are two swans that live there, so I take lots of pictures, they are so beautiful😁😁😁
Stunning photos. I like the color of the water that emphasizes the whiteness of the swan. The beautiful contrast and reflection. And Sammy made my day! 😊
Hvala Jelena, yes the sun really helped brighten the water and then make the swan so white and yes Sammy is out and he is hungry now 😁😁
Awesome swan reflection in the water! Thanks for participating in the Reflection hunters contest! 😎👏
My pleasure, thank you for hosting 😁😁
Che foto bellissime!!!!!
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Ti auguro una buona serata
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Grazie, mi piace fotografare gli animali.
Ti auguro una splendida nuova settimana 😁
Grazie mille
Buona settimana anche a te!!!!