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  • #52
    ronjo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,476 ✭✭✭ronjo


    I used to live opposite a small lake that had two swans on it.
    Each year after they had cygnets the male (I think) would kill off all of the cygnets bar 2 who would then migrate somewhere when they could fly pretty well.
    I am not sure if this is universal behaviour but it was a bit shocking.


  • #53
    V_Moth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,423 ✭✭✭V_Moth


    MadsL wrote: »
    Legal to hunt (and eat) in four US States.
    Cork boy 55 wrote: »
    Attempted swan stealing in Galway city last sabbath (via TheJournal.ie)

    http://jrnl.ie/662047



    The Bewick Swan is in decline since 2004

    What happened in 2004?

    http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/Default.aspx?tabid=150
    MadsL wrote: »
    Err. Why? Because they are pretty, or belong to the Queen?



    I guess to do with population sizes, pheasant hunting season in New Mexico is exactly one day long. Bad day be a pheasant :)

    I bet I could make them taste good.

    Mute Swans are native to Ireland, but were introduced into the United States in the early 1900's. As a non-native, pest species it would be legal to hunt them there. Same with Ruddy Ducks (a North American species) in Britain.

    Bewick's Swans are declining because the population which formerly wintered in Ireland is now staying in Britain and the Netherlands due to a combination of milder winters and supplementary feeding at some sites (eg Slimbridge).


  • #54
    JupiterKid
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 12,902 Mod ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    Swans were responsible for the horrific Lough Key massacre of 2005. :(

    Never trust a swan.


  • #55
    kylith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,736 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    AFAIK the reason you can't kill and eat them in this country has something to do with The Children of Lir. You're not allowed to eat them because they might be bewitched people.


  • #56
    Sofiztikated
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,995 ✭✭✭Sofiztikated


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Pigeon's quite nice. You're missing out.

    True. But not a mission I'd eat one of those mangy pigeons roaming around Dublin. You know the ones I'm talking about. Walk bowlegged. Seem to subsist on a diet of Johnny Walker Blues and McDonalds. Wears tracksuits.

    Wait...


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