ANDOVER - "Ann" and "Dover" are nightmare neighbors -- at least to the Canada geese who used to call Andover Lake home. "Ann" and "Dover" are the tentative names of a pair of mute swans the village ...
Michael Bean, of Skaneateles, is a wildlife biologist and longtime caretaker of the swans in the village of Manlius swan pond. The mute swan is native to Europe and Asia. Humans met the mute swan ...
The killing of mute swan Faye and theft of her four cygnets from a Manlius swan pond set off a maelstrom of outrage and grief. Just as mute swans became a huge news story, something happened to ...
MANLIUS, N.Y. – Elegant white swans have an outsize presence in this upstate New York village measuring less than 2 square miles. Their likeness is on village flags, community centers and welcome ...
The United States and Canada have three kinds of swans, each with a defining attribute. Trumpeter swans are the largest; tundra swans fly the farthest; mute swans are the most aggressive. Of course, ...
Six mute swans were brought to Lakeland from Chicago to diversify the Lake Morton swan flock. A local pilot donated the flight, echoing a similar swan transport in 1957 when Queen Elizabeth II gifted ...
A silent but formidable threat is spreading across Northern California’s wetlands. The mute swan, a striking white bird once prized for its beauty, has become the focus of urgent action by state ...
On an early August morning, it didn't take long to spot the first pair of huge white swans with orange and black bills and graceful, curving necks as they swam in the marsh along the side of a Solano ...
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. On an early August morning, it didn’t take long to spot the first pair of huge white swans with orange and black bills ...