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Fighting Geese With Swans

April 17, 2012 by Mike 1 Comment
Beware breeding and nesting swans! That’s one of the valuable takeaways from this tragic tale out of Chicago of a man drowned by the...
Birds

Mute Swan – an ignored beauty

January 31, 2012 by Dale Forbes 3 Comments
I was just browsing through my iPhoto library and I realised that I have almost no photos of the Mute Swan (Cygnus olor). In...
Birds

Tree-Eating Swans

April 16, 2011 by Redgannet 4 Comments
I learned a new word today and am anxious to show it off and share it with the world. A FOLIVORE is an animal...
Birds

What is the National Bird of Denmark?

March 4, 2011 by Corey 3 Comments
The Mute Swan Cygnus olor became the national bird of Denmark in 1984, replacing the Skylark Alauda arvensis.  So far as I can determine...
Birds

Close Encounter of the Mute Kind

May 9, 2009 by Corey 2 Comments
Back a couple of weekends ago when Daisy and I and our friends Mike and Lena were in Cape May Daisy and I snuck...
Inspiration

Welcome Wednesday: Swan Watch

December 17, 2008 by a Guest 11 Comments
Some months ago we here at 10,000 Birds learnt about Charleen Turner, and her amazingly patient (and loving) documentation of a pair of Mute...
Birds

‘Swan Rare Sighting

November 24, 2003 by Mike No Comments
Bird watchers have come to expect nearly endless variations of a small number of familiar forms throughout the world’s 10,000 species. For example, there...
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