In Prospect Park live a pair of swans that I have been observing and photographing for a few years. They have raised their young in the park and I have been fortunate to see these cygnets mature. This year they had three cygnets, but all seem to have disappeared and/or died. I write this because I am concerned about the fortune of wild animals living so close to humans. Most people are fascinated by the beauty of these birds and many photograph them with their digital cameras and cell phones. Along with the ducks people feed them, especially in winter. Very few people act abusively toward them. But I realize their vulnerability.
These few photographs are recent, from this summer, showing first the swan with her cygnets. I watched her in a rain storm carry them on her back protecting them under her wings as she swan in the lake. The next are when only one cygnet was left and the last are when there were none. Only the parents remained. I understand that swans mate for life.
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