The black swans are already in Tashkent

[pilottttt]

They have recently appeared in our city on the pond near the Japanese Garden.

For more information (in Russian), see here.

Comments

[cmcmck]

We once met a pair in the Orkney islands of all unlikely places!

Yay!

[ysabetwordsmith]

Black swans are so beautiful.

[pilottttt]

This is a very unexpected place for them, especially since Australia is considered their homeland.

Re: Yay!

[pilottttt]

Oh, yes!

[full_metal_ox]

…A ballet of swans?

[turlough]

Such beautiful birds!

[shirebound]

Ohhh, they're stunning. I've never seen a black swan in person.

[yourlibrarian]

Ooh how lovely!

I love the color range in picture 2

[jesse_the_k]

I'm curious about the diamond pattern underwater at the edge of the pond--is that a reinforcing wall?

[citrakayah]

Pretty.

Are they aggressive, like geese can be?

[puddleshark]

Oh, how beautiful!

I've read about Black Swans, but I would never get to see them here.

Thank you!

[pilottttt]

Something like this ;)

[pilottttt]

In real life they look very unusual and unexpected.

[pilottttt]

I haven't seen them before either. So - you can imagine my surprise ;)

[pilottttt]

;)

Re: I love the color range in picture 2

[pilottttt]

Yes, it is. There's a road right next to it, so apparently they had to reinforce the shore adjacent to it.

[pilottttt]

They have already managed to get used to the presence of people and hardly react at all to someone who tries to point his lens at them.

[pilottttt]

You're welcome ;)

[full_metal_ox]

I remember reading a modern fairytale featuring a black (in both forms) Swan Prince, who was implied to be Aboriginal: he came from “a land so distant (from the author’s default Slavic setting) that even the stars were different.”

[adafrog]

Pretty.

[tozka]

Great photos! And such lovely swans, too.

[fred_mouse]

Yes on the agressive. In fact, where I am they are a native bird, and you have to be careful not to let small children get close to groups of them. Especially if they think you have food.

[calzephyr]

You're so lucky to see swans!

[pilottttt]

There is also the movie "Black Swan" with Natalie Portman, about a ballerina who is preparing to play both main roles in the swan ballet and is gradually losing her mind.

[pilottttt]

:)

[pilottttt]

Thank you!

[pilottttt]

They're still there. But it was a big surprise for me to see black swans in the center of Tashkent.

[kaishin108]

How gorgeous! Thanks for sharing, I just love swans. And black ones, how special! :)

[pilottttt]

You're welcome! It's impossible not to share this sight ;)