Willowbank Swans
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Willowbank Swans
Would the swans at Willowbank be considered wild because they can fly out whenever they please?
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Re: Willowbank Swans
Any unpinioned free-ranging bird species are at best semi-domestic but I don't think that they are ever tickable.
Ngā Manu in Waikanae had a Mute Swan that died when it flew out and collided with power lines, but I don't think that its being unpinioned made it a wild bird.
Ngā Manu in Waikanae had a Mute Swan that died when it flew out and collided with power lines, but I don't think that its being unpinioned made it a wild bird.
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Re: Willowbank Swans
Long-term, fully wild Mute Swans can be seen at several spots around Lake Ellesmere in Canterbury; as well as from Cooper's Lagoon along the narrow little waterways to the Rakaia Rivermouth, and also on similar waterways between Washdyke lagoon and the Opihi Rivermouth in South Canterbury.
Some pics of these wild birds:
Some pics of these wild birds:
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Re: Willowbank Swans
ZionCooper wrote:Would the swans at Willowbank be considered wild because they can fly out whenever they please?
Do you mean the Mute Swans by the Fallow Deer, or the Black Swans near the Kiwi House? At both locations they are signed and within enclosures - they are not wild birds.