Apparently there are WHITE swans!!!!

[Occams Barber]

Apparently there are White swans!! Whooda thunkit?

Did you know that there was such a thing as a white swan?

No? Me neither – I just assumed they were all black but, apparently white swans do exist outside of fairy tales. One was recently found here in Australia, down in Tassie. I kid you not.

I’m sure that all of you, up there in the Northern Hemisphere, will be equally amazed at this discovery.

Read on>>

MICROSOFT NEWS
Tasmania's only known white-plumaged black swan recovering from multiple gunshot wounds (msn.com)

A rare, white swan — considered to be one of a kind — is being monitored after rescuers found it with a broken wing and "riddled with pellets".

The swan, which was found injured at Woods Lake in Tasmania's Central Highlands is "almost certainly" the only white, black swan known to exist.

"Seeing a white form of a black swan is a first in my lifetime," said ornithologist Eric Woehler. "It's remarkable."

Dr Woehler, the Tasmanian convener of BirdLife Australia, said the bird's unusual plumage was the result of a rare genetic mutation.

"It's not an albino. When I looked at the photos, it still has pigmentation on its beak and around its eye. So it's not an albino. It's what we call a leucistic bird."

Local fisherman Jake Hume and his wife Stevie first saw the swan in 2018. Over the years, Mr Hume has returned to Woods Lake, including in January, when he was able to spot the elusive bird again.

But it was last weekend, when a social media post about the same swan inspired the couple to seek out the bird again, that the cruel discovery was made.

"As we got closer I noticed it was different this time. We realised the bird was in distress and couldn't take off," Mr Hume said.

The couple phoned Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary for help, which led to carer and rescuer Lyndsey Sumpton driving 130 kilometres from Exeter to Steppes to help.

Amazed Tasmanian couple holding a genuine WHITE swan.

More:

Tasmania's only known white-plumaged black swan recovering from multiple gunshot wounds (msn.com)

 

[chevyontheriver]

Apparently there are White swans!! Whooda thunkit?

Did you know that there was such a thing as a white swan?

No? Me neither – I just assumed they were all black but, apparently white swans do exist outside of fairy tales. One was recently found here in Australia, down in Tassie. I kid you not.

I’m sure that all of you, up there in the Northern Hemisphere, will be equally amazed at this discovery.

Read on>>

MICROSOFT NEWS
Tasmania's only known white-plumaged black swan recovering from multiple gunshot wounds (msn.com)

A rare, white swan — considered to be one of a kind — is being monitored after rescuers found it with a broken wing and "riddled with pellets".

The swan, which was found injured at Woods Lake in Tasmania's Central Highlands is "almost certainly" the only white, black swan known to exist.

"Seeing a white form of a black swan is a first in my lifetime," said ornithologist Eric Woehler. "It's remarkable."

Dr Woehler, the Tasmanian convener of BirdLife Australia, said the bird's unusual plumage was the result of a rare genetic mutation.

"It's not an albino. When I looked at the photos, it still has pigmentation on its beak and around its eye. So it's not an albino. It's what we call a leucistic bird."

Local fisherman Jake Hume and his wife Stevie first saw the swan in 2018. Over the years, Mr Hume has returned to Woods Lake, including in January, when he was able to spot the elusive bird again.

But it was last weekend, when a social media post about the same swan inspired the couple to seek out the bird again, that the cruel discovery was made.

"As we got closer I noticed it was different this time. We realised the bird was in distress and couldn't take off," Mr Hume said.

The couple phoned Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary for help, which led to carer and rescuer Lyndsey Sumpton driving 130 kilometres from Exeter to Steppes to help.

Amazed Tasmanian couple holding a genuine WHITE swan.

More:

Tasmania's only known white-plumaged black swan recovering from multiple gunshot wounds (msn.com)

There are more than 5000 trumpeter swans that hang out in Wisconsin in the USA. I have seen hundreds of them with my own eyes. And heard the loud things too. Huge birds, white, and as big as or bigger than the one in your picture. No longer an endangered species.
Cygnus buccinator: A comeback for the ages | Wisconsin DNR

 

[jacks]

Interesting I didn't know there were black swans! The only swans I've seen are white. Then I read THIS. "The Northern Hemisphere species of swan have pure white plumage, but the Southern Hemisphere species are mixed black and white." So it depends where you live.

 

[Landon Caeli]

Apparently there are White swans!! Whooda thunkit?

Did you know that there was such a thing as a white swan?

No? Me neither – I just assumed they were all black but, apparently white swans do exist outside of fairy tales. One was recently found here in Australia, down in Tassie. I kid you not.

I’m sure that all of you, up there in the Northern Hemisphere, will be equally amazed at this discovery.

Read on>>

MICROSOFT NEWS
Tasmania's only known white-plumaged black swan recovering from multiple gunshot wounds (msn.com)

A rare, white swan — considered to be one of a kind — is being monitored after rescuers found it with a broken wing and "riddled with pellets".

The swan, which was found injured at Woods Lake in Tasmania's Central Highlands is "almost certainly" the only white, black swan known to exist.

"Seeing a white form of a black swan is a first in my lifetime," said ornithologist Eric Woehler. "It's remarkable."

Dr Woehler, the Tasmanian convener of BirdLife Australia, said the bird's unusual plumage was the result of a rare genetic mutation.

"It's not an albino. When I looked at the photos, it still has pigmentation on its beak and around its eye. So it's not an albino. It's what we call a leucistic bird."

Local fisherman Jake Hume and his wife Stevie first saw the swan in 2018. Over the years, Mr Hume has returned to Woods Lake, including in January, when he was able to spot the elusive bird again.

But it was last weekend, when a social media post about the same swan inspired the couple to seek out the bird again, that the cruel discovery was made.

"As we got closer I noticed it was different this time. We realised the bird was in distress and couldn't take off," Mr Hume said.

The couple phoned Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary for help, which led to carer and rescuer Lyndsey Sumpton driving 130 kilometres from Exeter to Steppes to help.

Amazed Tasmanian couple holding a genuine WHITE swan.

More:

Tasmania's only known white-plumaged black swan recovering from multiple gunshot wounds (msn.com)

huh! I thought all swans were white.

 

[Landon Caeli]

Interesting I didn't know there were black swans! The only swans I've seen are white. Then I read THIS. "The Northern Hemisphere species of swan have pure white plumage, but the Southern Hemisphere species are mixed black and white." So it depends where you live.

I heard chicken has a different flavor in the southern hemisphere as well, from people I know who have vacationed there.

 

[jacks]

I heard chicken has a different flavor in the southern hemisphere as well, from people I know who have vacationed there.

They cook them in Vegemite.

 

[Landon Caeli]

They cook them in Vegemite.

Just... Yuck.

 

[chevyontheriver]

I heard chicken has a different flavor in the southern hemisphere as well, from people I know who have vacationed there.

That's because they are grown upside down.

 

[Occams Barber]

I heard chicken has a different flavor in the southern hemisphere as well, from people I know who have vacationed there.

What you call swan we call chicken.

That might help to explain the flavour difference.

OB

 

[Occams Barber]

huh! I thought all swans were white.

Here's one I spray painted earlier - OB

 

[Occams Barber]

There are more than 5000 trumpeter swans that hang out in Wisconsin in the USA. I have seen hundreds of them with my own eyes. And heard the loud things too. Huge birds, white, and as big as or bigger than the one in your picture. No longer an endangered species.
Cygnus buccinator: A comeback for the ages | Wisconsin DNR

Stop bragging

OB

 

[chevyontheriver]

Stop bragging

OB

And then there are the half million Sandhill Cranes. Just about as big. Not white though.

 

[Occams Barber]

Interesting I didn't know there were black swans! The only swans I've seen are white. Then I read THIS. "The Northern Hemisphere species of swan have pure white plumage, but the Southern Hemisphere species are mixed black and white." So it depends where you live.

Down here a Black Swan Event really is a Black Swan Event.

About | Black Swan Events

OB

 

[Landon Caeli]

Here's one I spray painted earlier - OB

It was nice that you left it's child unharmed.

 

[Occams Barber]

It was nice that you left it's child unharmed.

We don't usually spray the puppies until they get a little bigger. Saves having to spray them twice.

OB

 

[Occams Barber]

And then there are the half million Sandhill Cranes. Just about as big. Not white though.

We win!!

(the biggest crane in Australia)

OB

 

[mmksparbud]

I love both. Maybe Australia only has black swans because the Queen of England owns all the white ones?

 

[Occams Barber]

I love both. Maybe Australia only has black swans because the Queen of England owns all the white ones?

The only reason Her Maj has white swans is because she washes them regularly with a good quality detergent.

We prefer our swans au naturel.

OB

 

[chevyontheriver]

We win!!

(the biggest crane in Australia)

OB

Have you got a half a million of them though?

 

[Occams Barber]

Gave you got a half a million of them though?

Ohh...OK....you win (I'm impressed - that's a big pile of bird**** )

OB