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Default All you need to know about mute swans

On 12/19/11 2:52 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:41:15 -0500, Happy
wrote:

Can display aggressive territorial behavior toward humans if they approach the birds' nest or
young. A mute swan can have a wingspan of 6 feet and is readily capable of breaking bones and
causing severe injury.


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And that is no joke. We were once dive bombed by a swan while
riding in the dinghy, apparentlly having gotten too close to a nesting
area. It was like having a 747 coming at us at close range.
As the article says, ducks and geese will not mess with a swan. Of
course the so called "Canadian Geese" are a huge pest also, and
should now be called American geese since most of them haven't flown
north in years.


Kill 'em, kill 'em all...they interfered with a boat ride.

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