Shocking footage has surfaced showing a man lifting a swan from the water and raising it over his head in a disturbing Australia Day act in Western Australia. The video, shared on social media, showed the man diving into the Mandurah Estuary from a boat, before he grabbed the black swan by the legs. The […]
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Country diary 1949: swans at risk of lead poisoning
PENRITH: Several visitors to the Lake District on Good Friday had the somewhat unusual experience of watching six mute swans flying up the River Eamont towards Ullswater. As they passed, only a yard or two above the water, their wings made a rushing sound as of waves swishing on a shingly shore. For the spectators […]
More than a dozen swans found dead in rural Minnesota
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is asking for information from the public concerning the killing of more than a dozen swans in Stevens County. The agency says the killings happened between Dec. 16 and 17, 2023 in the west-central Minnesota county. Nearly all birds native to the United States, including their nests […]
Nearly 700 Swans Mysteriously Found Dead at Nature Reserve Near Site of Soviet-Era Nuclear Plant
Animal specialists in Kazakhstan are investigating the mysterious deaths of more than 600 swans whose corpses have been discovered in recent weeks at a nature preserve, near the site of a Soviet-era nuclear plant. The south Asian country’s Lake Karakol is home to a wide array of threatened wildlife – with the nation’s president describing […]
The Lore of Swans
If swans we be So loyally As we swim And create Our family. Our love a Flower To weather What may. Together we Share Each brand New day. And now you want to hunt us down. Humans we don’t want you around!
Leucistic Mallard – Anas platyrhychos
At one of the locations that I photograph at, there mute swans and mallards present along with other species of ducks and geese. I discovered what appears to be a partially leucistic mallard on the pond. What what became interesting, is that the mute swans started chasing this mallard, although they do not chase any […]