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All you need to know about mute swans
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All you need to know about mute swans
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All you need to know about mute swans
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All you need to know about mute swans
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. === 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. |
All you need to know about mute swans
On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 08:36:04 -0500, Oscar 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. === 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. |
All you need to know about mute swans
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. === 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. |
All you need to know about mute swans
On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:13:18 -0500, X ` Man 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. === 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? |
All you need to know about mute swans
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. === 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. -- http://flickr.com/gp/hakr/oR82kN |
All you need to know about mute swans
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says... 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. === 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. Take a picture, no one believes you. |
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