Mute swans have jumped from about 1,500 in 2022 to 12,000+ and threaten Delta wetlands. A bill would let hunters and landowners shoot them; it passed the Assembly and awaits the Senate, drawing animal ...

SOUTH NEWFANE Most birders are not fond of mute swans. They are non-native, and like many introduced species, they compete with native species. Some of that competition is a threat, or potential ...

All around the house, blackbirds sing at the crack of dawn, the flock waxing and waning in size, gathering new members and losing others as they flit, flirt, pair off and wander away to find their own ...

On an early August morning, it didn't take long to spot the first pair of huge white swans with orange and black bills and graceful, curving necks as they swam in the marsh along the side of a Solano ...

Mute swans in Racine, Kenosha and Waukesha counties have a chance at a reprieve from Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources efforts to eradicate the non-native birds. The state's Natural Resources ...

The killing of mute swan Faye and theft of her four cygnets from a Manlius swan pond set off a maelstrom of outrage and grief. Just as mute swans became a huge news story, something happened to ...

MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI – Removal of mute swans in Muskegon Lake, possibly by sharpshooters, has been endorsed by the cities of Muskegon and North Muskegon. The nonnative mute swans are considered an ...

Genoa Township residents Steve and Laura Wildman love watching the birds in their backyard. The couple lives on Lake Chemung and is visited by many creatures, including a breeding pair of mute swans ...