Amager wetland

Denmark

01Jun10

Mute Swan

Cygnus olor

  (L 60" WS 75" Wt 22 lb)

Gray (“Royal”) chicks have gray-
brown downy feathers...white
(”Polish") chicks have all white down.

Being born in a duck yard does
not matter, if only you are
hatched from a swan’s egg.

    (Hans Christian Andersen)

National Bird of Denmark