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wes h.
Sioux Falls, SD     10/22/2009 8:47 AM

That's some good information c.c. I saw those trumpeter swans a few years ago in Sunset Bay too. I think there were 4 or 5 of them. I was reading somewhere that mute swans have taken over areas of the great lakes and were hindering the trumpeter swans from nesting there. Mute swans can be very aggresive. 40 some years ago I was hauling rock with a wheelbarrow and spreading it around the ponds of a private game reserve. Along with all the other ducks and geese there were mute swans. Every time I tried to dump the rock on shore one male mute swan tried to attack me. I had to keep him at bay with a shovel. Regardless of all the opinions the DNR has said the law must be obeyed and I think that is the final answer.The swans have to be confined.