Beware breeding and nesting swans! That’s one of the valuable takeaways from this tragic tale out of Chicago of a man drowned by the very swans he cared for. Also of interest is how Mute Swans are employed to deter Canada Geese. Which would you rather: slovenly geese or homicidal swans? (Hat tip to Meredith!)
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The really fancy industrial parks in central NJ used to have four or five species of swan on hand to keep the geese off their ponds and lawns; didn’t work, of course.