[Birdtalk] TALE OF A MUTE SWAN

[Ned Bixler]

TO ADD TO THE MANY MUTE SWAN STORIES THIS PAST WEEK.  LAST SPRING, WHILE BIRDING ON RIVER ROAD IN MIDWAY, I FOUND A NESTING MUTE SWAN.  SHE HAD PICKED A VERY SECRETARY PLACE TO BUILD A NEST.  SHE LATER HATCHED EGG(S).  FROM MY EXPERIENCES LIVING IN OHIO, YOU DO NOT GO NEAR MUTE SWAN NESTING AREAS.  THEY A VERY AGGRESSIVE.  SO I DO NOT KNOW HOW MAY YOUNG HATCHED.  SO A SIMPLE QUESTION  - SEEING THIS NEST, HOW DO WE "KNOW" SOME ARE NOT DOMESTIC, BUT WILD IN UTAH?  IS IT NOT POSSIBLE, OR DO WE JUST SAY THAT "ALL" MUTE SWANS ARE DOMESTIC IN UTAH.  THANKS


Ned Bixler
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