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Bird Watching: A Weekend With Waterfowl, 1 by linthicum

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linthicum wrote:
Snapping turtles are the main culprit.

We also have quite a few Mute Swans which have become a nuisance. The population has grown to about 4,000 from a few escaped captive Mutes back in the 1960's. The following link discusses the problem here in Maryland.

http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/muteswans.html

A photo of the Mute Swan with 3 cygnets ......