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Form day to day.
August 2007 -2-
22
August
Then, for a change, a little short walk under the sun away from the balcony.
One paddle is enough on the
still water pond.
Like mother like daughter
(son?)!
Amusing and amazing position adopted by all the small family, which
rows gently
with just one leg.
Without the legs?
Mute swan
Cygnus olor - ansériformes- anatidae-
[… the most beautiful
model which Nature
offered to us for the art of navigation. Its high neck & its
raised &
round chest, indeed seem to appear the prow of the Ship splitting the
wave, its
broad stomach represents the hull; its body leaning ahead to shingle,
straightens
at the back and raises
at the poop; the
tail is a true rudder; the feet are broad oars and its large wings
half-open to
the wind &
gently swollen, are the
sails which push the living vessel, ship and pilot at the same time.]
Buffon
(Du Cygne)
The most
widespread species of the European swans, the mute swan nests in all
Europe.
In period of nesting, intruders beware; the male protects its
territory vigorously.
Among the largest flying birds, it needs to make take off its 15 kilos
on a
long take-off runway, while running heavily on water. Once in flight,
it
becomes majestic, neck and head tightly braced forwards.
It is mainly vegetarian.
Cygnets.
The youngsters have a brown-grey plumage and the legs and the beak
grey-black.
Their plumage changes at the time of the first moult in September when
they
take white feathers richly brocaded with nicely blondes. They will
become pure white
only in about two years.
28 August
Return of sunshine and a patch of blue sky.
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