Wild Trumpeter Swans... - Page 2 - Wildlife Gardeners

Kildale · 12-12-2009, 08:35 PM

We have one trumpeter swan down at the lagoon with 20 or so mute swans.

Equilibrium · 12-12-2009, 09:04 PM

What are Canadians able to do about mute swans? In some areas of Illinois we're starting to humanely destroy them. We're overdue. They've taken a tremendous toll on native waterfowl and they're doing a number on vegetation.

havalotta · 04-17-2011, 05:06 PM

They're BACK!

rondo769 · 04-27-2011, 08:49 PM

Trumpeter swans are huge birds,there is a pair on the river not to far from me.I remember as a kid visiting some kind of wildlife rehab center,they had a pair of trumpeters nesting near a pond on the property,i remember the guy that ran the place was going to check how many eggs the female laid,well the male thought he was to close and went into attack mode,with one swing of it's wing it broke the mans leg at the shin(and i mean snapped in two like a twig).Granted he wasn't a very large man,5'10" 150lbs but still that is power!

12-12-2009, 09:04 PM	#12
Equilibrium Official Plant Nerd Join Date: Dec 2008	What are Canadians able to do about mute swans? In some areas of Illinois we're starting to humanely destroy them. We're overdue. They've taken a tremendous toll on native waterfowl and they're doing a number on vegetation. __________________ "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

04-17-2011, 05:06 PM	#13
havalotta WG Prize & Gift Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Michigan	They're BACK! __________________ The successful woman is the woman that had the chance and took it! A walk among the elusive Whitetail Deer

04-27-2011, 08:49 PM	#14
rondo769 Grub Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: converse,in	Trumpeter swans are huge birds,there is a pair on the river not to far from me.I remember as a kid visiting some kind of wildlife rehab center,they had a pair of trumpeters nesting near a pond on the property,i remember the guy that ran the place was going to check how many eggs the female laid,well the male thought he was to close and went into attack mode,with one swing of it's wing it broke the mans leg at the shin(and i mean snapped in two like a twig).Granted he wasn't a very large man,5'10" 150lbs but still that is power! __________________ I break for wild animals,i also shoot them,eat them,and wear there skins! "Why test on animals when we have pedifiles in prison!!?

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12-12-2009, 08:35 PM	#11
Kildale Heron Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: British Columbia. Canada	We have one trumpeter swan down at the lagoon with 20 or so mute swans.