One of the reasons I’ve stayed in a rather lovely hotel on the river is because of all the beautiful bird life around here – ducks, swans, cockatoos and other various winged creatures. Early this morning I woke to a chorus of different bird songs but I drifted back to sleep. Later, when I got up, I went out to the balcony with my camera to take some photos and guess what? No birds.
I’ve been waiting over an hour now and still no birds! I have to check out of the hotel soon and go and see Son, so I’ve decided to take some shots of the beautiful black swan in my room. He didn’t mind being photographed at all and remained very still for the close-ups.
jmgoyder 
REMARKABLE!!
(Enjoy)
They must have know you were coming to stay Julie 🙂
Ha!
Amazing how they can sit still so long. I think it has something to do with the rigidity of their construction. 🙂
When I checked out of the hotel they told me there was a family of real black swans on the river. Well they weren’t there today!
Hi,
What a lovely touch the black swan is, I wonder how many they lose over a 12 mth period. 😀
They sell them for $5 each!!!
How smart is that. 10 out of 10 for whoever thought of that. At such a resonable price, not too many would be stolen as a tourist keepsake. 😀
I was tempted to steal him, I have to admit!
Mind you if you told them (at the hotel) about your blog they probably would have given you one I reckon!
I’m gonna try and get free accomodation from now on – hehe!
Camera shy? Not a bit!
Very poised wasn’t he!
Nice tattoo on his chest 🙂
Yes, hotel should pay me for this kind of advertising – hehe!
You’re hilarious, Julie.
(& you might just have as much luck as me by the sounds of it – I never get up early in the morning. I’ve found some of the best bird shooting opportunaties seem to be between 2.00pm and 4.30pm when they often sit down for a rest or snooze. Trouble is that the sun’s always in the wrong position at that time and I end up with over-exposed images).
Hotel sounds like it’s in a lovely spot though.
It’s all timing I guess – thanks Vicki and I will keep that in mind.