tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27055376.post2925702965060740386..comments2024-03-19T16:49:32.570-04:00Comments on Tails of Birding: Mute Swan - Beautiful, Graceful ... and InvasiveChris Petrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05637163831402534158noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27055376.post-2916406617006802112016-11-29T14:56:44.808-05:002016-11-29T14:56:44.808-05:00All I can say is the years we had mute swans on Ar...All I can say is the years we had mute swans on Arrowhead Mountain lake in Milton Vermont we had a notable decrease in Eurasian milfoil. They controlled it much better than we were able to with skin divers and nets collecting the remanence. For me the killing of the swans resulted in a lost of water quality.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04667971235463687639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27055376.post-28409646422048774322016-02-18T16:50:45.041-05:002016-02-18T16:50:45.041-05:00So shall all of us that are not native to the US b...So shall all of us that are not native to the US be forced to move back to where we came from. I am sure the Native Americans would love to see the land returned to the condition is was before we non natives decided to show upAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27055376.post-75403246998095382172011-02-28T22:43:30.257-05:002011-02-28T22:43:30.257-05:00Why is man bringing trumpeter swan eggs from Alask...Why is man bringing trumpeter swan eggs from Alaska to Michigan where they don't belong. Perhaps they are hoping that the trumpeter will flourish and they can charge a good price for a permit and the waterfowl hunters will be able to shoot their TROPHY BIRD.Or, perhaps once the mutes are gone, the Canada Goose population will be so great that they can extend the hunting season on them and make more money from permits and maybe it would increase hunting interest. According to some reports, they don't even know for sure that the Trumpeter is native. According to someone at a flyway meeting a few years back, someone asked about the Trumpeters nativeness and someone replied they read somewhere they were introduced in the 1800's and they said "ok, let's go with that". No hard facts needed. How can Michigan base their facts on studies done in Maryland when Michigan has 26,857 natural lakes as Maryland has "ZERO" natural lakes. How come pesticides, fertilizers, weed control methods, boats, jet skis, waste water treatment plants, industrial runoff and pollution are not affecting the sub aquatic vegetation. There are no studies on this. Seems weird to me, but then these factors can't be controlled as well as the mute swans can be. One shot or hammer to the head, chuck em in a landfill and it looks like the authorities have done something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27055376.post-8906466820281192952008-10-12T21:15:00.000-04:002008-10-12T21:15:00.000-04:00Yeaaaah so....get your facts right there, whoever ...Yeaaaah so....get your facts right there, whoever first posted a comment....It seems as though you didn't even thoroughly read the title which included the term <I>invasive</I>, which by definition means a species transported to a habitat where it does not belong...Although it sometimes can be natures doing, this of course was not. So before you go posting your righteous "We should let God deal with this!", get your shit right, partner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27055376.post-54048375297171075662008-09-26T19:46:00.000-04:002008-09-26T19:46:00.000-04:00God did not introduce the mute swan to North Ameri...God did not introduce the mute swan to North America, humans did. Sometimes we need to undo the mistakes of our forefathers (or our own generation) in order for nature to take a more, well, "natural" course, if you will. By the way, when we introduce species to new environments, either intentionally or unwittingly, we are definitely interfering with who lives and who dies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27055376.post-89869001711512205692008-07-03T23:36:00.000-04:002008-07-03T23:36:00.000-04:00who is indigenous on this continent? Who are we to...who is indigenous on this continent? Who are we to decide who lives and who dies. These are the issues at hand. Maybe we shouldn't be playing god here and allow nature to take its course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com