Mute Swan

Cygnus olor

  (L 60" WS 075" Wt 22 lb)

Lake Catherine, IL

5Mar10

Reported to mate for
life...black knob on male bill
swells during mating season.

Everybody in the United Kingdom
classes the swan as a royal bird.
They have everybody‘s hearts.

           (David Barber)

National bird of Denmark.