Sunday, January 15, 2012

Atlas Polskych Ptakow Stas' Atlas of Polish Birds: Łabędź niemy

Swan on Wisla; November 2011
Polish Name: Łabędź niemy

Latin Name: Cygnus olor

English Name: Mute swan

SWANS:
Juvenile Swan on Wisla
You can also find mute swans in Chicago and areas by the great lakes. They have a orange bill with a black hump on the back of it. Males are all white and juveniles are brownish. A juvenile has a blackish-brownish bill with no hump on the back the back. We see loads of them on the Wisla river by Wawel (Royal Castle) and near our apartment in Salwator.

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