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Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) on the Chesapeake Bay Maryland. They are a beautiful but invasive pest, introduced in 1962. Each bird consumes eight pounds of water grasses a day.
Photo ID: Brett-Cole-Maryland-00418
Photo size: 4.1 Mpixels (11.8 MB uncompressed) - 2488x1659 pixels (8.3x5.5 in / 21.1x14 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: bird, Chesapeake Bay, conservation, Eastern Shore, environment, grass, invasive, Maryland, swan, water, waterbird, wing