Nest built by female, although male helps gather material is mound of plant material, usually ' in diameter, with shallow depression on top. Learn more about these drawings. North American birds seem not to migrate farther than necessary. Those in northeast move southward or to coastal waters when breeding lakes freeze; more southerly birds may be sedentary.
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Brought in from Europe as an ornamental addition to parks and estates, the Mute Swan has established itself in a feral state in some parts of North America, mainly in the northeast. It's likely that no further discussion is required, in which case we recommend starting a new thread. If however you feel your response is required you can still do so. I understand this is an old thread, but want to reply anyway. Post reply. Insert quotes Similar threads H. Migration resource? Hainan on the fly Oct 21, Migration.
Replies 4 Views Oct 22, Hainan on the fly. Great Crested Grebe nesting behaviour. Replies 0 Views Aug 7, UKBirder Where to go for WP rarities right now? Replies 33 Views 1K. Sep 22, opisska. Rainton Meadows. CharleyBird Jul 4, Durham. Swans in England have a long history, and the mute swans along the Thames are, by law, the property of the queen.
Mute swans on our side of the Atlantic are a more modern phenomenon and have no such protection. In fact, wildlife managers have been working for years to diminish the population of this species in order to protect native habitat and waterfowl. While tundra swans and trumpeter swans, both native to North America, occasionally pass through our region on their way to and from northern breeding grounds, the larger mute swans are not native.
They were introduced as adornments to parks and estate ponds in the nineteenth century and have since made their feral way around New England and further afield, from the Chesapeake Bay to the Midwest and the Pacific Northwest. Mute swans are among the largest birds in North America.
Males weigh up to 30 pounds and measure more than four feet from beak to tail, with a wingspan stretching toward eight feet. They are beautiful birds, with pure white feathers and s-curved necks, but their impact on native habitat and other waterfowl is less appealing.
Voracious and aggressively territorial, mute swans eat up to eight pounds of aquatic plants each day, uprooting several more pounds as they forage. The bird that engaged Vance in a floating pas de deux was a mute swan, one of three males seen on a state-owned marsh near the Hudson River about 40 miles south of Albany.
To the casual bird-watcher, the elegant swans, pure white except for a black mask and knob over the yellow bill, may be a welcome sight.
But to biologists, the birds are bad news. Two species of swan are native to North America: the trumpeter and the tundra, or whistling, swan. The mute swan, whose neck is more curvy and voice less melodious than the trumpeter and whistler, is a foreigner. Like the European starling, Norway rat, Eurasian milfoil and gypsy moth, the mute swan is an exotic species with the potential to cause ecological havoc.
The pound birds eat huge quantities of water plants.
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