My eggs finally hatched!

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As some of you may know I've been following this Swan pair since I noticed their eggs a few weeks back, I was going up almost everyday to check on them but it was a friend of mine who works as a park Ranger there that texted me earlier today to tell me that they had hatched.
These pics were taken early evening so a wee bit dark like a previous set I took.













Few more here
http://pix.ie/punkrock/album/377120

PopeBuckfastXVI

Great pics, congrats, cigars all round!

melekalikimaka

grr swansssss.... tho cygnets are kinda cute i must say

Jim

Where were these taken?

breadbin

yeah they are gorgeous:) well done ar!

Calina

Lovely idea to do this.

jpb1974

Along the Grand Canal between Leeson St bridge and Baggot St bridge by any chance?

If so I've been keeping tabs on them too... only a recently as Tuesday I last had a look and none of the 4 eggs had hatched then.

Nice captures.. well done.

bullpost

Lovely set. Great detail in the plumage in the last one. How close were you?

the_monkey

Great pics Janer !!!

nice one

waldo

jpb, those swans on the canal have been nesting on the same stretch of canal for the past 4 years without success. I pass it every day on my way to work. In previous years the swans were on a nest between Leeson street and Charlemont Bridge. The swans stayed with the eggs well into June, long past the normal incubation period. I'm still quietly hopeful though.

AnimalRights

jpb1974 wrote: »

Along the Grand Canal between Leeson St bridge and Baggot St bridge by any chance?

No but I did meet these guys one night on the way to The Lower Deck for a gig.

http://pix.ie/punkrock/album/371677

Thecageyone

Nice one. Good to see them hatched and safe, I love swans A guy I know from Carlow is doing similar. he's been following a family of swans down there and keeping an eye on the nest too.

http://pix.ie/davidlawlor8/1682192/in/album/374933

You've also reminded me to up a couple of shots I almost forgot about. taken on the Barrow last week, also featuring swans.

AnimalRights

Day 4!

















Rest here
http://pix.ie/punkrock/album/377277

Thecageyone

Love 3, 4 & 7 in that series

jpfahy

Great shots Janer, bit of a change from your usual stuff!!

AnimalRights

jpfahy wrote: »

Great shots Janer, bit of a change from your usual stuff!!

They were taken with the lens I bought off you!!
I've only started to really use it lately, lovely and light and it works a treat with my 1.4 extender.

jpb1974

The eggs located on the canal between Leeson St bridge and Baggot St bridge hatched last Monday.

4 chicks, all seem to be doing well. Mother is on the nest taking care of them, father is sitting on the canal keeping guard.

Only have me compact with me but am going to head over there now to try and get a photo or two.

pullandbang

jpb1974 wrote: »

Mother is on the nest taking care of them, father is sitting on the canal keeping guard.

Typical, the woman does all the work while the man sits around on his ar5e all day

jpb1974

The father is pretty aggresive... he's made quite a few swipes at dogs and people passing by.

Most people are walking around them, one bloke strolled up in a world of his own and was about an inch from getting bitten on the flute.

the_tractor

pullandbang wrote: »

Typical, the woman does all the work while the man sits around on his ar5e all day

LMAO!

Trev M

Super stuff sir - hope they all survive

bernard0368

Lovely shots AR. I have been watching a pair as well, they hatched on Monday. The parents are extremely aggressive making it hard to get near them. The park ranger warned me about them letting me know they had drowned three dogs and put a kid in hospital he wasn't lying the father is one evil sod.

AnimalRights

bernard0368 wrote: »

The park ranger warned me about them letting me know they had drowned three dogs

er lol?
'My Swans' are very down to earth, infact they're working class!
They seem to have no problems with passers by...even hand accepting food.

bernard0368

Not these ones pure evil, The rangers even put up fencing yesterday.

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Day 9 of the Swan family, note the neck of the cygnets now starting to grow.

duffarama

waldo wrote: »

jpb, those swans on the canal have been nesting on the same stretch of canal for the past 4 years without success. I pass it every day on my way to work. In previous years the swans were on a nest between Leeson street and Charlemont Bridge. The swans stayed with the eggs well into June, long past the normal incubation period. I'm still quietly hopeful though.

Yeah I walk along there on my way to and from work too, was convinced it was gonna be another stillbirth

I was actually quite pleased to see the eggs had hatched, I'm getting soppy in my old age :mad:

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Day 14

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Perfect Reflection? Day 15

bullpost

Fantastic - keep 'em coming.

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aaahhh gonna take a few days break, I'm running out of Swan poses.

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When Punk met Swan!