Trumpeter & Mute Swans in Burlington Bay

A large group of Trumpeter and Mute Swans are joined by Canada Geese and Mallard ducks in Burlington Bay/Hamilton Harbour in the twilight of a late December Day, 2007

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Trumpeter
• Swans
• Mute
• Canada
• Geese
• Mallard
• Ducks
• feeding
• Hamilton
• Harbour
• Burlington
• Bay
• Ontario
• Dec
• '07

[cygnophile]

@crappiekilla2796 Interesting how most of the larger species were introduced for hunting purposes, but mute swan was not, what do you think of fallow deer and ring-necked pheasant and the at least eight other ungulates free ranging in parts of the United States which were all introduced deliberatly, surely these have an environmental impact as well. Certain biologists are persuing their own agenda and not everything they write is based on scientific truth.

[cygnophile]

@crappiekilla2796 We are fortuante because I enjoy seeing them where I live, while there is certainly truth that non-native species can be harmful, no species is more harmful than homo sapiens which is also not a native species and crowds out everything to build ever more yacht clubs and shopping malls, In the area where this video was made there is an increasing proliferation of condominiums and urbanization. The human population of the great lakes basin now exceeds 40 million.

[cygnophile]

@crappiekilla2796 We are fortuante because I enjoy seeing them where I live, while there is certainly truth that non-native species can be harmful, no speecies is more harmful than homo sapiens which is also not a native species and crowds out everything to build ever more yacht clubs and shopping malls, In the area where this video was made there is an increasing proliferation of condominiums and urbanization. The human population of the great lakes basin now exceeds 40 million.

[crappiekilla2796]

@cygnophile ....How are we fortunate.????

When most people think of invasive species damaging our ecosystem, the first thought turns to a myriad of small bugs eating trees, or exotic plants overrunning terrain. Rarely, if ever, do mute swans grab the attention of average Canadians. But that may soon change as growing evidence shows this giant waterfowl -- which establishes itself as the kingpin of the wild territory it colonizes -- is posing a serious threat to native species and habitat.

[cygnophile]

We are very fortunate in Ontario to have three swan species as regular visitors in winter, Mute Swans, Trumpeter Swans and Tundra Swans. Some years back there were also three Whooper Swans(presumably escaped from somewhere) and one male from these was around for many years on the west end of L Ontario. It's great that Trumpeters have made such a dramatic comeback.

[gotwingswilltravel]

They're part of a reintroduction program. If it weren't for them and people like them feeding those birds, there wouldn't BE any of those birds anywhere at all.  It's also condoned by the municipal and provincial government here. Do your research before you start flapping your gums about do-gooders and things you THINK you're somehow qualified to comment on.

[rehamkram]

It's illegal and unnatural to feed those birds.

Still, do-gooders like yourself screw things up for the birds and the environment anyway.