Thank you for being nice about the cygnets. Where I live is basically entirely surrounded by “ponds”, but really big ones (it’s all the original docklands, some of which is now reclaimed land), so in all directions there are these large bodies of water that are home to lots and lots of waterfowl. I’ve been keeping an eye on (feeding) several clutches of cygnets since the early summer, and I have no way of knowing of course, but there were at least two clutches of seven each, so I was wondering if these ones were some of “my” smalls
. (Obviously they could have come from anywhere, I know.)
I forgot to say! The other day in the early morning just as the sun was rising, I saw some (different) cygnets having what looked like their first flying lessons, right on the river! They took off beautifully, but started squeaking a bit with nerves when it was time to land
.
Sorry
. I am a shut-in now.
That kestrel is quite something!