Trumpeter Swan

The Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) is the heaviest native North American bird and is (on average) the largest extant waterfowl species on earth. Their wingspan can be almost 10 ft.

Swans are almost entirely herbivorous, although small numbers of aquatic animals may be eaten. In the water, food is obtained by up-ending or dabbling, and their diet is composed of the roots, tubers, stems and leaves of aquatic and submerged plants.

I found this to be interesting: although they are no longer found in India, they remain revered in Hinduism and are compared to saintly persons whose chief characteristic is to be in the world without getting attached to it, just as a swan's feather does not get wet although it is in water.

• Canon EOS REBEL T3i:
• f/7.1:
• 1/400":
• 250.0mm:
• ISO 200

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