{"id":2818,"date":"2016-12-05T21:41:32","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T13:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?page_id=2818"},"modified":"2017-03-04T22:21:53","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T14:21:53","slug":"black-swan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?page_id=2818","title":{"rendered":"Black Swan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2823\" src=\"http:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Black-Swan-721x1024.jpg\" alt=\"black-swan\" width=\"721\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Black-Swan-721x1024.jpg 721w, https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Black-Swan-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Black-Swan-768x1090.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Black-Swan.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Black Swan<\/h4>\n<h6><em>Cygnus atratus<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>Length: 1.1 &#8211; 1.4 m<br \/>\nThis unmistakable bird is endemic to Australia and has been successfully introduced to New Zealand. In recent years as many as eight pairs have built their large nest mounds here, each raising up to six young. The downy chicks develop dull brownish-grey feathers before changing to adult plumage. Before the lake dries they disperse, some to Freshwater Bay, others to permanent water elsewhere.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding-right: 15px;\">[soundy button]<\/div>\n<p>Click on the play icon to hear the Black Swan&#8217;s call<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2818 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?attachment_id=2822'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Black-Swan-juvenile-PB270082cbt-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?attachment_id=2821'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Black-Swan-1494c-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?attachment_id=2820'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Black-Swan_0702cbt-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"font-size: 75%;\">Drawings kindly provided by Pam and photography by David Free and other artists where noted. The audio clips provided by David Secomb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Swan Cygnus atratus Length: 1.1 &#8211; 1.4 m This unmistakable bird is endemic to Australia and has been successfully introduced to New Zealand. In recent years as many as eight pairs have built their large nest mounds here, each raising up to six young. The downy chicks develop dull brownish-grey feathers before changing to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":189,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2818","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2818"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2862,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2818\/revisions\/2862"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}