A wonderful SWAN at a distance of 5 feets from me

30 minutes you were following them? Oh what a good person you are, THEFORTUNES. Just for the sake of myLot members to share....thanks for your efforts, thoughts and providing this picture to me. It really look beautiful and delicious to me. Because I like their meat for this type of bird. It is the same species a s duck and goose. I love their meat especially this is the canal type swan and not the farming swam. :::michael:::

You got a really great shot! It is really cool that it let you get that close. Maybe you are like a Dr. Doolittle type, who can speak to animals. : )

They are so gorgeous, thanks so much for the picture! We have a large flock of black swans and white swans at our local zoo. They have a large lake there with all kinds of birds. They sell special feed for them and we love buying up a bunch of the feed and sitting out on the dock to feed them. Many will come up and eat right out of your hand. It's wonderful to be so close to such beautiful creatures. We also have a bicycle/walking path next to the river here. We go there often with large bags of feed corn and feed the geese and ducks down there. There are usually a large number of Blue and White Herons around too. It's very relaxing and they are so much fun to watch. During the winter when the river freezes over we go down there to watch the bald eagles fishing off the sand bars. Can you tell we spend a lot of time bird watching? LOL.

Hello my frend. This time you hawe get a great shot of the swan You must hawe tryned him or her to stand still for a long time lol.I must give you a 10 for this shot its just ....... Hawe a nice day.

such a nice swan.,

Try feeding them. I've had swans walk up and take food right out of my hands - you'd be surprised how audacious these birds are.

Oh, how beautiful. Aren't these the most graceful creatures in the world? You were fortunate to be able to take pictures of them. Thank you for sharing.

Swans are certainly some of the prettiest and most graceful of animals. You did a great job with this picture. I love the way he is looking at you and his open mouth makes it look like he's talking to you! Nice composition and clarity. You take good photos.

Another great shot there! :) Oh, yes one does have to be careful with the larger waterfowl type birds, as they can give a nasty bite....I don't know about swans in general, but I do know Canada Geese can have a temper,....thus maybe the term "goose"??? LOL