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First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Dec 2011
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All you need to know about mute swans
Happy JH wrote:
On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:44:42 -0500, X ` wrote:
On 12/22/11 12:19 PM, Happy JH wrote:
On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:13:18 -0500, X ` wrote:
On 12/22/11 11:27 AM, Happy JH wrote:
On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 08:36:04 -0500, wrote:
On 12/22/2011 8:01 AM, iBoaterer wrote:
In article3YKdnUMXAJKtPHLTnZ2dnUVZ_radnZ2d@earthlink .com, dump-on-
says...
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.
And Harry fails miserably to see the point, as usual. Harry do you want
to save the Zebra Mussels from death, too? How about Pythons in south
FL? Snakehead fish? Asian carp? The list goes on!
Wait till mussel seeds get into his engine and grow. He'll see the point
then.
First you gotta have the boat. Then you gotta have the engine.
Actually, herring, you have to have your boat in the water for the
mussels to attach. So, you have no worries.
Absolutely not. My boat is on a trailer in the marina, all snug as a bug in a rug.
Where's yours? Winterized yet?
On the hard at a boatyard in the Deale area, all buttoned up.
Yup.
It's true. They will store a canoe - they will even shrink wrap it if
you want to pay for it!
-HB
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