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| Mute Swan at Pacheco Pond, Bel Marin Keys |
We were meeting a friend for lunch up north today and stopped by Bel Marin Keys to check out Pacheco Pond. I didn't know what to expect, but I was glad I'd brought the Z8. The little island in front of the parking lot was festooned with nesting great egrets and some kind of weird swans that appeared to be paired up, or in the process of doing so. Turns out they were non-native mute swans (Cygnus olor), descendants of the ones first brought to this country from Europe in the 1800s.
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| This is the view back toward the island from the little trail on the eastern edge of the pond. |
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