tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210814714965218887.post8594793921309750750..comments2024-01-18T03:43:41.424-05:00Comments on Joe's Retirement Blog: Swans Come to Visit, Bartlett Pond, White Horse Beach, Manomet, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USAUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210814714965218887.post-22621102631573525632016-05-20T08:08:49.960-04:002016-05-20T08:08:49.960-04:00Great comments - thanks!Great comments - thanks!Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13328732276903710687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210814714965218887.post-71806332786113317032016-05-19T16:10:02.816-04:002016-05-19T16:10:02.816-04:00Folklore and mystically speaking: “The Swan is on...Folklore and mystically speaking: “The Swan is one of the most ancient and powerful power animals. <br /><br />It’s all so beautiful…they are beautiful as was the course of action they took. I was looking for a tiny clue that would give me an idea of which cygnet hitched a ride on moms back the other day. After seeing the photos and reading your narrative… I was compelled to do a bit of research on the Swan. <br /><br />A male swan is a cob; a female is a pen, and the young are called cygnets. <br /><br />Aggressive Behavior: Swans are powerful birds, they bite, and their beating wings can break a man’s arm. Swans display aggression by lowering their neck, hissing, and rushing forward. They protect their territories from strangers and other swans, although they will tolerate ducks and smaller fowl. [glad papa cob swan did not rush forward…apparently your composure…posed no threat….yeaaaa!]<br /><br />“Papa Cob” is bold…coming ashore to check you out…and bringing the family. [each of those photo are near a thousand words if not more] <br /><br />In the 4th picture he takes stand and looks directly at you…showing strength... the 5th down below…his head is cocked to the side as if listening to what you are saying to him/them. In a few other photo it appears that the head is bowed down a bit...showing humbleness. <br /><br />When we listen to birds …we think they are singing…him listening to you…he probably thought you were singing. LOL Clearly there communication between you and the Cobs. <br /><br /> He may have brought the family ashore to introduce you to them – showing you that he does not consider you to be a threat…but a friend because he has observed you out and about in the kayak. Stepping boldly ashore and hissing at you may also have been done to provoke you to see what you would do and the ‘hissing’ letting you know that he is capable of aggression if need be. Whatever the reasons on his part to walk up the embankment was a thought out plan. The whole of it is just so wonderfully bizarre...I mean he can confront… hue-man on land…but really can’t really do much to defend the cygnets in the water from the “snappers.” <br /><br />Another site/link I found stated: “The Swan is one of the most ancient and powerful power animals.<br />A Swans graceful entering into your life signals a time of altered states of awareness and the development of intuitive abilities, for those with this medicine have the inherent ability to see the future, and to accept the healing and change that is starting in their lives. Accept this and it will help you go with the flow.<br /><br />The Swan’s Wisdom: awakening the power of self/the divine within, balance, grace, inner beauty, innocence, self-esteem, understanding spiritual, evolution, developing intuitive abilities, divination, grace in dealing with others and commitment.”<br /><br />*THANK YOU so much for spending time with the family and sharing with us what you witnessed. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com