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Swan
Tibbetts Brook Park, Yonkers, NY

Ecobird, Günter Klaus, Luc Reiniche, Martine and 77 other people have particularly liked this photo


76 comments - The latest ones
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Thank you Kenny!
9 years ago.
 Eve
Eve
J'aime le contraste
9 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Thank you Eve!
9 years ago.
 Nora Caracci
Nora Caracci club
poor guy in such a mess ...
superb catch !
9 years ago.
 Malik Raoulda
Malik Raoulda club
A well-forsaken environment ..
9 years ago.
 Malik Raoulda
Malik Raoulda club
Vu et admiré aussi au groupe ..
www.ipernity.com/group/tolerance
9 years ago.
 J.Garcia
J.Garcia club
Excellent !!!!
9 years ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Wonderful !!
9 years ago.
 beverley
beverley
o0o I care passionately about swans and there welfare ...
I see too much plastic and fishing lines left in rivers and
they cause unrepairable damage often ... I applaud your
image and the statements you are making oOo

BRAVO
9 years ago.
William Sutherland club has replied to beverley
Once the swan moved away, I removed the two plastic bags and carried them to the nearest garbage can. I didn't want some innocent creature choking on them.
9 years ago.
 Proxar
Proxar
! ! ! Excellent shot!
Contrats :-)
9 years ago.
 Michelle Chouchou
Michelle Chouchou club
Great photo!!!
9 years ago.
 RHH
RHH
It's everywhere! The planet is becoming a garbage dump.
9 years ago.
 My Awake Gottica (m.a.g)
My Awake Gottica (m.…
speechless ...
9 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Thank you everyone!
9 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Thank you Peter!
9 years ago.
 Don Sutherland
Don Sutherland club
Fantastic shot.
9 years ago.
 beverley
beverley
congratulations .. ;-)
9 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Thank you Pajmcb, Christian, Don, Joan, and Bev!
9 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Thank you Marcello!
9 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Thank you Larry!
9 years ago.
 Pam J
Pam J club
Poor Boy...

And THANKYOU Willian for clearing up .... thankyou.
9 years ago.
 sasithorn_s
sasithorn_s
Beautiful and thought-provoking image! Very well done, William!
9 years ago.
 beverley
beverley
CONGRATULATIONS from the MEMBERS of EXPLORED 4U

yes lets collect it all up and watch who drops it ... follow them
home and dump it on their front lawn ;-) good idea ;-)
9 years ago.
 beverley
beverley
ADMIRED in BIRDS 4U
9 years ago.
 J. Gafarot
J. Gafarot club
Good !
9 years ago.
 Treasa Ui Cionaodha
Treasa Ui Cionaodha
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Congratulations on Explore. Well deserved for this shot William. Regards Tess.
9 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Thank you everybody!
9 years ago.
 Malik Raoulda
Malik Raoulda club
Admiré encore avec plaisir au ..
www.ipernity.com/group/133470
9 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Thank you Malik!
9 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Thank Mr. Kent!
9 years ago.
 Valfal
Valfal
Great capture, William! Congratulations on Explore :)
9 years ago.
 RHH
RHH
Congratulations on Explore.
9 years ago.
 Jean
Jean
Lovely composition. Such a beautiful elegant pose. At last charges for plastic bags have been introduced in Scotland. It's taken forever to happen but the number of bags used has dropped immediately. Goodness knows how long it will take before the ones littering up the landscape finally disappear.
9 years ago.
William Sutherland club has replied to Jean
Here in the States, there's still resistance as more municipalities ban them. Much of the resistance comes from businesses to which I say, if you can't survive and its too costly, maybe you should just shut your doors. After all, if individuals should aspire to be socially responsible, so should businesses.
9 years ago.
Jean has replied to William Sutherland club
Too right. Don't get me started !
9 years ago.
 Graciel·la Vidal
Graciel·la Vidal
Sad, very sad. In the end everything will be a garbage dump
9 years ago.
 Christiane ♥.•*¨`*•✿
Christiane ♥.•*¨`*•✿
It's an excellent photograph !

Wish you a nice week end, William.
9 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Thank you again everybody!
9 years ago.
 Roger Dodger
Roger Dodger club
Another fine illustrative image; shame about some sad aspects of humanity!
9 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Thank you Roger!
9 years ago.
 Helena Ferreira
Helena Ferreira
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SUPER PHOTO!¸¸.*☆*.¸¸.*☆*.¸¸.*☆*
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9 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Thank you Helena!
9 years ago.
 H C
H C
Beautiful capture and use of sepia.
9 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Thank you HC and Pattycake!
9 years ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
What an elegant pose and pic!
9 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Thank you Annemarie and Anita!
9 years ago.
 Gisela Plewe
Gisela Plewe club
Looking for Food, oooh!
9 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Thank you Puigserver, Gisela, and Dave!
9 years ago.
 Roger (Grisly)
Roger (Grisly) club
A very powerful image, love your work.
9 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Thank you Roger!
9 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Thank you Youngerthanyesterday!
9 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Thank you Chalame!
9 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Thank you Swetlana!
9 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Thank you Tim!
9 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Thank you!
9 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Thanks for the info Kate. New York State was originally planning to exterminate 100% of the mute swan population calling them an invasive species that was "hostile" to humans. There was such an outcry and over a million of us signed an online petition that they thankfully backed down.

Hope the same can happen in Michigan and the innocent swans can be spared. We don't need sick extermination policies.
9 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Thank you Stanley and Bram!
9 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Thank you Maria!
9 years ago.
 Esther
Esther club
Who knew that swans went shopping.
9 years ago.
 Lucette
Lucette
Superbe .
9 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Who knew! Thank you Esther and Lucette!
9 years ago.
 Christel Ehretsmann
Christel Ehretsmann club
I like this slanting swan neck line !
9 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Thank you Christel!
9 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Thank you Ruth!
9 years ago.
 Misou 49
Misou 49 club
Beau portrait !
9 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Thank you Misou!
9 years ago.
 Peggy C
Peggy C club
Plastic will be here long after all of us are gone ... a sad part of our 'throw away' society - it isn't difficult to keep a cloth bag in your car .. just in case you stop at the store - have cloth bags from Florida .... people in NC ask "what grocery store is that?"
Then, after telling them - "oh, they are moving into NC, too"...
9 years ago.
 Louise Boyer
Louise Boyer
Belle prise !
9 years ago.
 J. Gafarot
J. Gafarot club
Excellent image !
9 years ago.
 Martine
Martine
Elle est magnifique cette photo.
7 years ago.
 Günter Klaus
Günter Klaus club
Die Natur hat keine Freude mit dieser Wegwerfgesellschaft lieber William,schade,dass das diese Tiere auch mitmachen müssen,sehr schön hast du das wieder aufgezeigt:))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Tag,ganz liebe Grüße Güni:))
23 months ago.
 Ecobird
Ecobird club
A beautiful capture of this swan William. I am pleased you removed the plastic bags out of harm's way.

Have a good weekend
2 months ago.

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