Cygnus atratus

Black Swan at Gordon, ACT

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Identification history

	Cygnus atratus	20 Sep 2018	natureguy
	Cygnus atratus	20 Sep 2018	RodDeb

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the 5 cygnets will be leaving any day now

4 comments

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

21 Sep 2018

This is a terrific follow up photo set ! Thanks Rod and Deb. So glad the family did so well !
The Timeline shows very well the success story:
https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Timeline/3571381

RodDeb wrote:

22 Sep 2018

Thank you, it was great to be able to watch them grow up.

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

22 Sep 2018

I have seen another swan family fail to raise their young at Point Hut Pond, because of foxes which are a serious problem around this part of the world. So I was very pleased they did well.

RodDeb wrote:

23 Sep 2018

We have chatted to a few of the residents around the pond and they really keep a close eye on things but can't watch 24 hours a day but I would say the closeness of the house and frequency of people around would help keep foxes at bay. 5 out of 6 young is a very good rate.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.080415 -35.446040
Altitude 597.8m
Maps Gordon Pond
Places Gordon, ACT

Sighting information

7 Abundance
19 Sep 2018 10:55 AM Recorded on
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Birds Water birds Waterfowl (Ducks, Geese, Swans) RodDeb Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

True Nesting site

Species information

Cygnus atratus Scientific name
Black Swan Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 989.6m Recorded at altitude
800 images trained Machine learning
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Synonyms
Cygnus (Chenopis) atratus

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