Nature Sunset Salad

Sunset Salad · **5 Likes**

Sunset salad by RobGeraghty, on Flickr

**MikeNArk** · 02-08-2023, 08:56 AM

Nice bright capture with good detail and colors. You have to get wet to eat this salad.

**Sailor** · 02-08-2023, 11:07 AM

Very nice composition, Rob.

Jer

**RobG** · 02-08-2023, 03:02 PM

Originally posted by MikeNArk

Nice bright capture with good detail and colors. You have to get wet to eat this salad.

Yes, you have to fetch it from underwater! Thanks Mike.

Originally posted by Sailor

Very nice composition, Rob.

Thanks Jer!

**ToddK** · 02-08-2023, 04:41 PM - **1 Like**

Nice closeup with a lot of great details. That long neck has good reach to browse off of the bottom of the pond.

**RobG** · 02-08-2023, 05:06 PM

Originally posted by ToddK

Nice closeup with a lot of great details. That long neck has good reach to browse off of the bottom of the pond.

Thanks Todd! They sure do. Black Swans are pretty big, though not as big as Mute Swans (which I've seen elsewhere in the northern hemisphere).

**angkymac** · 02-08-2023, 06:49 PM - **1 Like**

A very fine capture you made!
Not only of a black swan's curved neck, but just the great capture of the greenery before being consumed.
Angky

**RobG** · 02-08-2023, 09:54 PM

Originally posted by angkymac

A very fine capture you made!
Not only of a black swan's curved neck, but just the great capture of the greenery before being consumed.
Angky

Thanks! I love the water droplets suspended in the air.

**pichaser** · 02-09-2023, 08:07 AM

Thanks again for sharing another gem .

OrchidJulie · 02-09-2023, 09:28 AM

Amazing capture, Rob! I had no idea that swans eat vegetation!

**RobG** · 02-09-2023, 03:16 PM

Originally posted by pichaser

Thanks again for sharing another gem .

Thank you for the compliment!

Originally posted by OrchidJulie

Amazing capture, Rob! I had no idea that swans eat vegetation!

Thanks! Honestly I never thought too much about what they eat, but it's interesting that such large birds are plant eaters, while many ducks feed on crustacea and molluscs (I'm thinking of Pink-Eared Ducks in particular). I guess the long necks of Swans let them reach water plants which the smaller ducks and waterbirds can't.

OrchidJulie · 02-09-2023, 03:22 PM

Originally posted by RobG

Thanks! Honestly I never thought too much about what they eat, but it's interesting that such large birds are plant eaters, while many ducks feed on crustacea and molluscs (I'm thinking of Pink-Eared Ducks in particular). I guess the long necks of Swans let them reach water plants which the smaller ducks and waterbirds can't.

Very interesting...I actually looked it up, and they are mostly herbivores. Who knew?

But they get small crustaceans, worms and bugs in the salad, too. Learn something new every day!

**RobG** · 02-09-2023, 03:41 PM

Originally posted by OrchidJulie

Very interesting...I actually looked it up, and they are mostly herbivores. Who knew?

But they get small crustaceans, worms and bugs in the salad, too. Learn something new every day!

We have many birds in Australia which are generically called "honeyeaters" because they often feed on flower nectar, but very few are purely nectar feeders because few plants flower all year round. Many feed on insects and arachnids for protein. Bell Miners "farm" insects which feed on the sap from Eucalypts and produce a sweet "lerp" which the birds feed on. Other birds opportunistically feed on lerp. Many bird and animal species have been devastated by the fact that farmers clearing land left some eucalypts but aggressively removed all wattles; the wattles flower in the colder months providing food for many birds, bats and possums.

Anyway, happy to provide a point of interest!

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02-08-2023, 08:56 AM	#2
MikeNArk Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: Arkansas Posts: 9,229	Nice bright capture with good detail and colors. You have to get wet to eat this salad.

02-08-2023, 11:07 AM	#3
Sailor Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Coastal Texas Photos: Gallery Posts: 25,466	Very nice composition, Rob. Jer

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RobG Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Canberra Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,292 Original Poster	Originally posted by MikeNArk Nice bright capture with good detail and colors. You have to get wet to eat this salad. Yes, you have to fetch it from underwater! Thanks Mike. Originally posted by Sailor Very nice composition, Rob. Thanks Jer!

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ToddK Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Texas Hill Country Photos: Gallery Posts: 9,701	Nice closeup with a lot of great details. That long neck has good reach to browse off of the bottom of the pond.

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RobG Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Canberra Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,292 Original Poster	Originally posted by ToddK Nice closeup with a lot of great details. That long neck has good reach to browse off of the bottom of the pond. Thanks Todd! They sure do. Black Swans are pretty big, though not as big as Mute Swans (which I've seen elsewhere in the northern hemisphere).

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angkymac Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2019 Photos: Albums Posts: 6,322	A very fine capture you made! Not only of a black swan's curved neck, but just the great capture of the greenery before being consumed. Angky

02-08-2023, 09:54 PM	#8
RobG Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Canberra Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,292 Original Poster	Originally posted by angkymac A very fine capture you made! Not only of a black swan's curved neck, but just the great capture of the greenery before being consumed. Angky Thanks! I love the water droplets suspended in the air.

02-09-2023, 08:07 AM	#9
pichaser Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Oct 2013 Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,525	Thanks again for sharing another gem .

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OrchidJulie Moderator Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Magic City Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,631	Amazing capture, Rob! I had no idea that swans eat vegetation!

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RobG Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Canberra Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,292 Original Poster	Originally posted by pichaser Thanks again for sharing another gem . Thank you for the compliment! Originally posted by OrchidJulie Amazing capture, Rob! I had no idea that swans eat vegetation! Thanks! Honestly I never thought too much about what they eat, but it's interesting that such large birds are plant eaters, while many ducks feed on crustacea and molluscs (I'm thinking of Pink-Eared Ducks in particular). I guess the long necks of Swans let them reach water plants which the smaller ducks and waterbirds can't.

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OrchidJulie Moderator Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Magic City Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,631	Originally posted by RobG Thanks! Honestly I never thought too much about what they eat, but it's interesting that such large birds are plant eaters, while many ducks feed on crustacea and molluscs (I'm thinking of Pink-Eared Ducks in particular). I guess the long necks of Swans let them reach water plants which the smaller ducks and waterbirds can't. Very interesting...I actually looked it up, and they are mostly herbivores. Who knew? But they get small crustaceans, worms and bugs in the salad, too. Learn something new every day!

02-09-2023, 03:41 PM	#13
RobG Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Canberra Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,292 Original Poster	Originally posted by OrchidJulie Very interesting...I actually looked it up, and they are mostly herbivores. Who knew? But they get small crustaceans, worms and bugs in the salad, too. Learn something new every day! We have many birds in Australia which are generically called "honeyeaters" because they often feed on flower nectar, but very few are purely nectar feeders because few plants flower all year round. Many feed on insects and arachnids for protein. Bell Miners "farm" insects which feed on the sap from Eucalypts and produce a sweet "lerp" which the birds feed on. Other birds opportunistically feed on lerp. Many bird and animal species have been devastated by the fact that farmers clearing land left some eucalypts but aggressively removed all wattles; the wattles flower in the colder months providing food for many birds, bats and possums. Anyway, happy to provide a point of interest!