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To: DJ MacWoW
Cute pics but those swans are nasty

Especially that species. That's the mute swan, a Eurasian native (which is why these pics come from Britain).

However, the mute swan has been introduced in America and has taken hold in certain places -- particularly the northeast seaboard and southern Lake Michigan. They are a VERY aggressive species. I much prefer our native tundra and trumpeter swans.

10 posted on 08/06/2009 3:16:05 PM PDT by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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To: Flycatcher

We have some in local ponds and they even chase off ducks. Saw a vid on youtube of a bride and groom trying to get their pic taken by a pond. That swan went after the bride. Came out of the pond to get her. They are lovely creatures but..........


12 posted on 08/06/2009 3:21:23 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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To: Flycatcher

I think the DNR quietly erradicated a bunch of swans on this lake over the winter. There were 50 or 60 of them last fall and this summer there appear to be about 4 adults and a dozen youngsters.

50 or 60 swans doesn’s sound like a lot but on 6 or 7 hundred acres of lake, its way too many.


14 posted on 08/06/2009 3:24:27 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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