Picnic Day! Black swan family forages in wetland
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In a wetland near Zaozhuang City, east China’s Shandong Province, a pair of black swans just recently had two chicks. On Saturday, the two fluffy baby swans, accompanied by their parents, went out for a swim to forage.

The black swan chicks and their parents are seen swimming in a wetland in Zaozhuang, east China’s Shandong Province, August 24, 2019. /VCG Photo

The black swan chicks and their parents are seen swimming in a wetland in Zaozhuang, east China’s Shandong Province, August 24, 2019. /VCG Photo

Two newborn black swan chicks look fluffy with their parents in a wetland in Zaozhuang, east China’s Shandong Province, August 24, 2019. /VCG Photo

Two newborn black swan chicks look fluffy with their parents in a wetland in Zaozhuang, east China’s Shandong Province, August 24, 2019. /VCG Photo

The black swans are foraging in a wetland in Zaozhuang, east China’s Shandong Province, August 24, 2019. /VCG Photo

The black swans are foraging in a wetland in Zaozhuang, east China’s Shandong Province, August 24, 2019. /VCG Photo

The black swans are seen swimming in a wetland in Zaozhuang, east China’s Shandong Province, August 24, 2019. /VCG Photo

The black swans are seen swimming in a wetland in Zaozhuang, east China’s Shandong Province, August 24, 2019. /VCG Photo

The black swans are foraging in a wetland in Zaozhuang, east China’s Shandong Province, August 24, 2019. /VCG Photo

The black swans are foraging in a wetland in Zaozhuang, east China’s Shandong Province, August 24, 2019. /VCG Photo

According to a staff member of the wetland nature reserve, as the ecological environment has been improved in this area, the number of hatched black swan chicks is increasing gradually. 

Now the population of black swans in the reserve has reached 40 in total.

(Cover image via VCG)

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