Steve,
I wondered the same thing when watching it from the road one time. I was
driving to the pull-off, so couldn’t take photos.
I saw the bird apparently trying to take off. Lots of vigorous flapping but it
didn’t manage to get off the ground more than a foot or so. It was acting like
a wing was damaged or maybe caught in something.
Just read Bill’s post while writing this. Did this flying aggressively at swans
involve taking off and flying, or was it more flapping assist?
I agree that when swimming and feeding, it looks fine.
I guess we will be more certain if it lingers past its fly-by date.
Doug
On Feb 27, 2017, at 9:44 AM, Steve Yurkovich <spyurkovich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Last week I spent a good half hour watching the Swan near Ledges River Park
and that has posed the following questions. In my time there, the Swan did
not move more than a few feet while foraging for food. In previous Swan
posts the bird has apparently stayed in about the same place on the river.
Has anyone seen the bird flying? If not, is it injured?
Steve Yurkovich
"There is in fact no distinction between the fate of the land and the fate of
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