I didn’t notice this when I shot it but this one Swan looks like it has a neck injury? I looked at the other shots and all the other Swans have straight necks except this one. It looks like some neck vertebrae were damaged from a incident,but It seems ok enough to survive.
Nature is so resilient!
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I have seen this before in swans. Don’t know why. Wonderful shots Wayne. Happy Holidays 👼🎅🦌🌟🎄🎁
I’ll send the shot to the Vancouver Aquarium. I’m sure they’d be able to explain.
Maybe this is more common than I thought?
thanks Cindy!
If there is an injury the swan does seem too affected by it. Such fantastic shots, Wayne.
thank you Lynette!
I always find it interesting what we miss in the field then spot in the photos when reviewing then at home.
I suspect we are overwhelmed by the natural energy Andy? Once we remove ourselves from the medium and things are much quieter, we can see things we missed.
Concur with that.
Wayne, the swans are so beautiful in flight, it is easy to miss the injury.
I hope that isn’t as painful as it looks!
I just heard from the Trumpeter Swan Society.
Margaret believes the culprit was a power line? It appears they strike power lines a lot.
That is such a shame…
Interesting. I wonder what happened to him.
I just heard from the Trumpeter Swan Society.
Margaret believes the culprit was a power line? It appears they strike power lines a lot
Hitting the power line caused some kind of fracture?
yes, the neck was damaged or at least the person who contacted me (Trumpeter Society) speculates that this might be the reason?
Looks like he has a displaced vertebra. I can only hope it isn’t painful.
I assume any or all damaged vertebrae would involve some degree of pain Noelle?
It may have been from striking a power line?
Poor bird. Animals will suffer on with their injuries.
true…..a whale was recently spotted in Hawaii with a severe back injury! A ship struck it. It used just it’s pectoral fins to swim from the Bering sea to Hawaii!
https://globalnews.ca/news/9343761/humpback-whale-shocking-spinal-injury-reminder-boaters-whale-aware/
I saw that. They said the whale would never be able to swim back. I hope one of the whale research groups might be able to do something, even if euthanize.
Such a travesty!
Hi Wayne, I can see the hump, it looks a bit like a dowagers hump in a human. As you say, the bird obviously is fit enough to survive.
I wonder how many were injured and did not?
I am sure lots of birds and animals die of injuries.
Tough bird, still up there – like you say, resilient!
Maybe it is a female and the crooked neck comes from breeding when the male grabs her neck?
Poor swan, though you as you say, it seems otherwise healthy. I wonder if it could be some type of calcium deficiency in that it usually relies on certain earth minerals, but they are not available due to climate change, erratic weather, in general weather wrecking havoc with their food supply?
I don’t think animals feel pain in quite the same way as humans and so they can soldier on with far more stoicism than we could ever muster!
I know that cats and dogs suffer from chronic pain ,so I see no reason why wild animals cannot suffer as well Emma?
I dont mean that they dont suffer pain but they put up with it better than humans.
well as far as tolerance goes I’ve heard females handle pain better then males
Lol!
He definitely looks jolted, Wayne. I think he needs to see a specialist. :)
A Avian chiropractor!
LOL
The neck does look pretty odd. With that long neck I would guess they could get into some dicey situations.
yes,the Trumpeter Society said the most common cause for this type of injury are power lines.
Power lines? Yes, I guess they could fly into those.
Yes, nature is quite resilient. You have a good eye, Wayne.
thank you Jennie!
You’re welcome!