Dear Bird Folks, When I was a kid I remember reading "The Ugly Duckling," a story about a baby swan that doesn’t look like its much cuter siblings. I’ve never seen any baby swans. Are they ...

As the publisher’s description reads: A swan must waddle before a swan can fly! Manhattan’s Central Park seems an unlikely place for a family of swans to raise their baby cygnet, but family ...

IN THE children's story the baby swan is an ugly duckling, but this little cygnet poking its head out from under its mother's wing shows how adorable they can be. By Jim Leffman 14:47, Tue, Mar 28 ...

Most know the fairy tale of “The Ugly Duckling,” in which a baby swan (cygnet) accidentally gets raised by a family of ducks. The cygnet isn’t nearly as cute as its duckling siblings, but ...

It’s like being told you’re fat, and even after actually losing weight and looking slim and svelte for years, the person will likely see herself as a fat person masquerading as a thin one.