I never heard about the swan/broken arm thing, so I asked Dr. Google about it. Came across this:
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I should think with a 200m lens you must have been a long long way away !? 
Nice shot !
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Three of my bird photos, taken a few years ago, when I had short stint at bird photography.
The first is a Turnstone on the beach one evening behind Scarborough RNLI station.
Canon 1D Mk11 with Canon 70-200 f2.8 lens
The second Black-headed gull, winter plumage on the south beach Bridlington.
Canon 1D Mk11 with Canon 500 mm f4 lens
The third image is of Greylag Geese, at Cley, Norfolk. I was in a bird hide there and I could hear these geese calling. I ran out of the hide and just pointed and shot with camera, a lucky shot. Note the white rim at the base of the bill, not all Greylags have that.
Canon 1D Mk11 with Canon 500mm f4 lens.
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Beautiful image (3rd). Bravo!
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Thank you
All good, but that 3rd one is absolutely “top shelf.”
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Followed the same route myself a few times. You feel as if you can reach out and touch the top of the shard.
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Leaving work in the solstice sunset
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Quite pleased with these of a spotted flycatcher, although it has been around our house for weeks and actually is quite tame. Not hours spent in a hide but taken through the kitchen window!
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This one deserves a 500 Series inside.
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Is there an internal Garage? I like the 500 series 
(ps, not my car!)
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I had one exactly 50 years ago…
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Ha! - Thanks.
G
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