#muteswans — Public Fediverse posts

The Swan Whisperer of Galway

If you’ve ever wandered down to the Claddagh in Galway, you’ll know the swans are less “graceful wild creatures” and more “assertive locals who know exactly when the bread’s coming out.”

That’s what happened on this day in 2005 when we visited and saw a young woman feeding those swans. Other birds wanted crumbs of bread too! Now we know that bread is not an ideal food for birds. Green vegetables are better for them.

#2005 #birdFeeding #Birds #Claddagh #galway #Ireland #IrishWildlife #muteSwans #Photo #Photography #Sony717 #StreetPhotography #swans #travelPhotography #wildlife #winter

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2025/11/23/marizannes-masterclass/
A look back at today's #WBBL match and a #photo gallery,
#cricket #T20 #WBBL11 #WBBL2025 #BHvMS #photography #birds #insects #buildings #history #LittleEgrets #MuteSwans #Gulls #Starlings

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2025/11/19/thunder-v-scorchers/
An account of today's match in #WBBL11 and a lot of #photos.
#cricket #T20 #WBBL2025 #STvPS #photography #birds #MuteSwans #Cormorants #GreyHeron #leaves #buildings

#GavinNewsom wants you to come to #California and kill #swans, and has made it legal to shoot them without any license or permit.

A recent #CalMatters report citing state wildlife researchers’ data on #MuteSwans estimated there are more than 12,000 of these 25lb and up orange beaked EU import birds in he state, a ten fold increase in just 3 years.

A study on east coast found they eat up to 8lbs a day of submerged #aquatic vegetation, destroying #habitat and food sources for native species faster than #grasses could ever recover.

https://mendovoice.com/2025/10/mute-swans-now-on-state-fish-and-wildlife-take-list/

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/10/22/californians-shoot-swans-year-round/?share=tichrweory2esepeiata #GiftLink #Cygnets #NonNativeSpecies

#GavinNewsom wants you to come to #California and kill #swans, and has made it legal to shoot them without any license or permit.

A recent #CalMatters report citing state wildlife researchers’ data on #MuteSwans estimated there are more than 12,000 of these 25lb and up orange beaked EU import birds in he state, a ten fold increase in just 3 years.

A study on east coast found they eat up to 8lbs a day of submerged #aquatic vegetation, destroying #habitat and food sources for native species faster than #grasses could ever recover.

https://mendovoice.com/2025/10/mute-swans-now-on-state-fish-and-wildlife-take-list/

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/10/22/californians-shoot-swans-year-round/?share=tichrweory2esepeiata #GiftLink #Cygnets #NonNativeSpecies

"Together"
Teableau for 10/22/25

Mute Swans by British artist Robert Gillmor.
Mute Swans are England's largest bird and only swan. We have them in Puget Sound, as well, but they're an invasive species here, crowding the native Tundra Swans nearly to extinction. Lethal beauty.

#Tea #MuteSwans #Teableau #TeaCozy #TeaCosy #VintageChina #VintageGlass #Handmade #Sewing #HerbalTea #MuranoGlass #England #PNW #PugetSound #MosserGlass #ArtDeco #DepressionGlass

"Together"
Teableau for 10/22/25

Mute Swans by British artist Robert Gillmor.
Mute Swans are England's largest bird and only swan. We have them in Puget Sound, as well, but they're an invasive species here, crowding the native Tundra Swans nearly to extinction. Lethal beauty.

#Tea #MuteSwans #Teableau #TeaCozy #TeaCosy #VintageChina #VintageGlass #Handmade #Sewing #HerbalTea #MuranoGlass #England #PNW #PugetSound #MosserGlass #ArtDeco #DepressionGlass

"Together"
Teableau for 10/22/25

Mute Swans by British artist Robert Gillmor.
Mute Swans are England's largest bird and only swan. We have them in Puget Sound, as well, but they're an invasive species here, crowding the native Tundra Swans nearly to extinction. Lethal beauty.

#Tea #MuteSwans #Teableau #TeaCozy #TeaCosy #VintageChina #VintageGlass #Handmade #Sewing #HerbalTea #MuranoGlass #England #PNW #PugetSound #MosserGlass #ArtDeco #DepressionGlass

"Together"
Teableau for 10/22/25

Mute Swans by British artist Robert Gillmor.
Mute Swans are England's largest bird and only swan. We have them in Puget Sound, as well, but they're an invasive species here, crowding the native Tundra Swans nearly to extinction. Lethal beauty.

#Tea #MuteSwans #Teableau #TeaCozy #TeaCosy #VintageChina #VintageGlass #Handmade #Sewing #HerbalTea #MuranoGlass #England #PNW #PugetSound #MosserGlass #ArtDeco #DepressionGlass

"Together"
Teableau for 10/22/25

Mute Swans by British artist Robert Gillmor.
Mute Swans are England's largest bird and only swan. We have them in Puget Sound, as well, but they're an invasive species here, crowding the native Tundra Swans nearly to extinction. Lethal beauty.

#Tea #MuteSwans #Teableau #TeaCozy #TeaCosy #VintageChina #VintageGlass #Handmade #Sewing #HerbalTea #MuranoGlass #England #PNW #PugetSound #MosserGlass #ArtDeco #DepressionGlass

These two pristine swans came up to me (well, one did, the other hung back) when I went to take my usual photo from footbridge. It's the first time I've seen them on the big allotment pond. Unfortunately, I didn't have my duck food on me 😞 #MuteSwans #CygnusOlor #Swans #Allotments #Kent #England | #birdsoftheworld #birds

#BackyardPoultry face #BirdFlu risk when migrating #mallards stop to rest

February 24, 2025

Summary:
Knowing where, when and for how long mallard ducks -- natural carriers of avian influenza -- stop and rest as they migrate can help predict the probability that they will spread bird flu to backyard poultry flocks, according to a new study.

"Knowing where, when and for how long mallard ducks -- natural carriers of avian influenza -- stop and rest as they migrate can help predict the probability that they will spread bird flu to backyard poultry flocks, according to a Cornell University study.

"The finding, published in Scientific Reports, takes an important step in explaining the transmission dynamics of bird flu, a strain also known as Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (#HPAI), and could one day inform people with backyard poultry of the best times to take extra precautions to isolate their birds from wild ones.

"The researchers used a computer model to predict infection risk to backyard poultry, resident mallards and overwintering mute swans in Croatia, which serves as a stopover area for both migratory mallards and the swans.

"While #mallards tolerate avian influenza well, it is fatal to #MuteSwans; the dead birds can serve to alert people to the presence of bird flu that is otherwise hard to detect in the wild.

"Though Croatia served as a study system in this paper, the results are relevant to other places, including the #UnitedStates.

"'The virus has jumped independently at different times from wild birds to dairy cows,' said Sebastian Llanos-Soto, a doctoral student in the lab of senior author Renata Ivanek, professor of epidemiology.

"'There is an urgent need to improve our ability to predict the introduction of avian influenza at the wildlife-domestic animal interface and our study contributes to this goal,' Llanos-Soto said.

"In the study, the computer model was informed with migratory data, with migratory mute swans arriving in Croatia between September and November to winter and returning to breeding grounds between February and April.

"Mallards arrive between October and November for a stopover of seven to 28 days before continuing on their migration through the Mediterranean-Black Sea flyway.

"The model simulated the transmission of HPAI in an area considered to be of high risk for introduction into #poultry farms via #waterfowl.

"The model was validated with real-world bird and farm data from the study area.

"The study was funded by the College of Veterinary Medicine; the Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture; and the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture."

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250224122956.htm
#BirdMigrations #DuckMigrations #HPAINews #HPAI #AvianFlu #AvianInfluenza #USDA #CornellUniversity #Europe #Croatia

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📍: Bridge 180A
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📍: Bridge 180A
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📍: Bridge 180A
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Some #photos from my husband's Friday #walk around Clatto Reservoir in #Dundee, #Scotland. #Tayside #Clatto #ClattoReservoir #Reservoirs #Reservoir #Photography #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #BirdingPhotography #JuvenileBirds #Butterflies #Lakes #Lake #Gull #Gulls #Seagull #Seagulls #HerringGull #HerringGulls #Butterfly #PeacockButterfly #Swans #Swan #MuteSwans #MuteSwan #Grebes #Grebe #GreatCrestedGrebe #GreatCrestedGrebes #Nature #Wildlife #Countryside #UrbanNature #CityWildlife

Some #photos from my husband's Friday #walk around Clatto Reservoir in #Dundee, #Scotland. #Tayside #Clatto #ClattoReservoir #Reservoirs #Reservoir #Photography #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #BirdingPhotography #JuvenileBirds #Butterflies #Lakes #Lake #Gull #Gulls #Seagull #Seagulls #HerringGull #HerringGulls #Butterfly #PeacockButterfly #Swans #Swan #MuteSwans #MuteSwan #Grebes #Grebe #GreatCrestedGrebe #GreatCrestedGrebes #Nature #Wildlife #Countryside #UrbanNature #CityWildlife

Some #photos from my husband's Friday #walk around Clatto Reservoir in #Dundee, #Scotland. #Tayside #Clatto #ClattoReservoir #Reservoirs #Reservoir #Photography #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #BirdingPhotography #JuvenileBirds #Butterflies #Lakes #Lake #Gull #Gulls #Seagull #Seagulls #HerringGull #HerringGulls #Butterfly #PeacockButterfly #Swans #Swan #MuteSwans #MuteSwan #Grebes #Grebe #GreatCrestedGrebe #GreatCrestedGrebes #Nature #Wildlife #Countryside #UrbanNature #CityWildlife

Some #photos from my husband's Friday #walk around Clatto Reservoir in #Dundee, #Scotland. #Tayside #Clatto #ClattoReservoir #Reservoirs #Reservoir #Photography #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #BirdingPhotography #JuvenileBirds #Butterflies #Lakes #Lake #Gull #Gulls #Seagull #Seagulls #HerringGull #HerringGulls #Butterfly #PeacockButterfly #Swans #Swan #MuteSwans #MuteSwan #Grebes #Grebe #GreatCrestedGrebe #GreatCrestedGrebes #Nature #Wildlife #Countryside #UrbanNature #CityWildlife

Some #photos from my husband's Friday #walk around Clatto Reservoir in #Dundee, #Scotland. #Tayside #Clatto #ClattoReservoir #Reservoirs #Reservoir #Photography #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #BirdingPhotography #JuvenileBirds #Butterflies #Lakes #Lake #Gull #Gulls #Seagull #Seagulls #HerringGull #HerringGulls #Butterfly #PeacockButterfly #Swans #Swan #MuteSwans #MuteSwan #Grebes #Grebe #GreatCrestedGrebe #GreatCrestedGrebes #Nature #Wildlife #Countryside #UrbanNature #CityWildlife

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Mute Swan are always one of my favourite subjects to photograph. The elegance and beauty of them is wonderful. Catching this male gliding over millpond still waters at dawn yesterday created a stunning scene and a perfect reflection

#birds #wildlifeuk #muteswans #reflection #miltonkeynes