This Week in Review (June 1-7, 2003):
Current News Items: Additions this week: 4. Cumulative to date: 155. This was the slowest news week for Mute Swans since this project was started on 04/20/03. The best of the news items was a well-researched article published by National Geographic News. Other Online Documents: Additions this week: 0. Cumulative to date: 47 items from 26 sources.
Friday, June 06, 2003
Current News Articles (1):
'A Little Sewage Can Be Good For Everyone' (Easton [Maryland] Star-Democrat - 06/06/03): In the third paragraph of his Up the Creek column, Keith Walters offers some wildly improbable figures on the reproductive potential of Mute Swans.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=8237186&BRD=2101&PAG=461&dept_id=392208&rfi=6
'A Little Sewage Can Be Good For Everyone' (Easton [Maryland] Star-Democrat - 06/06/03): In the third paragraph of his Up the Creek column, Keith Walters offers some wildly improbable figures on the reproductive potential of Mute Swans.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=8237186&BRD=2101&PAG=461&dept_id=392208&rfi=6
Thursday, June 05, 2003
Current News Articles (1):
Mute Swans Spark Loud Debate in Chesapeake Bay (National Geographic News - 06/05/03): This article by Kim O'Connell focuses on the Mute Swan Management Plan of the Maryland DNR and the lawsuit filed by the Fund for Animals that has halted plans to shoot up to 1,500 birds this summer. Includes brief quote from Fund president Michael Markarian and extensive quotes from Maryland DNR associate director Jonathan McKnight. Also provides good background information on the impacts of Mute Swans on the environment and the need for population control.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/06/0605_030605_muteswan.html
Mute Swans Spark Loud Debate in Chesapeake Bay (National Geographic News - 06/05/03): This article by Kim O'Connell focuses on the Mute Swan Management Plan of the Maryland DNR and the lawsuit filed by the Fund for Animals that has halted plans to shoot up to 1,500 birds this summer. Includes brief quote from Fund president Michael Markarian and extensive quotes from Maryland DNR associate director Jonathan McKnight. Also provides good background information on the impacts of Mute Swans on the environment and the need for population control.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/06/0605_030605_muteswan.html
Wednesday, June 04, 2003
Current News Articles (1):
Scenic Wildlife or Stately Pest? (Baltimore [Maryland] Sun - 06/04/03): A lengthy story featuring extensive interviews with two Maryland residents on different sides of the Mute Swan debate, one an admirer of the bird and the other a critic.
http://www.sunspot.net/bal-te.md.swan04jun04,0,640084.story?coll=bal-home-headlines
Scenic Wildlife or Stately Pest? (Baltimore [Maryland] Sun - 06/04/03): A lengthy story featuring extensive interviews with two Maryland residents on different sides of the Mute Swan debate, one an admirer of the bird and the other a critic.
http://www.sunspot.net/bal-te.md.swan04jun04,0,640084.story?coll=bal-home-headlines
Sunday, June 01, 2003
Current News Articles (1):
Mute Swan Debate Rips Up Emails Like SAVs (Easton [Maryland] Star-Democrat - 06/01/03): After being inundated by emails for the last few weeks from people on both sides of the Mute Swan fracas, Up the Creek columnist Keith Walters remains convinced that “The critters are the best machine on this earth for converting submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) into a higher fecal coliform count in the [Chesapeake] Bay, and less grass for crabs and fish to hide in while growing up.”
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=8184897&BRD=2101&PAG=461&dept_id=392208&rfi=6
Mute Swan Debate Rips Up Emails Like SAVs (Easton [Maryland] Star-Democrat - 06/01/03): After being inundated by emails for the last few weeks from people on both sides of the Mute Swan fracas, Up the Creek columnist Keith Walters remains convinced that “The critters are the best machine on this earth for converting submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) into a higher fecal coliform count in the [Chesapeake] Bay, and less grass for crabs and fish to hide in while growing up.”
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=8184897&BRD=2101&PAG=461&dept_id=392208&rfi=6
Saturday, May 31, 2003
Current News Articles (2):
Ill-Tempered Swan Tamed (Milford [Massachusetts] Daily News- 05/31/03): An exact duplicate of the Associated Press story noted below.
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/local_regional/ap_swan05312003.htm
Ill-Tempered Swan Tamed (Framingham [Massachusetts] MetroWest Daily News - 05/31/03): According to this story attributed to the Associated Press, officials with the Humane Society of the United States’ Cape Wildlife Center in Barnstable believe that efforts to tame the overly aggressive behavior of a territorial Mute Swan (nicknamed Genghis Swan by local residents) on the Eel River in Plymouth using a repellent, methyl anthranilate, have been successful. According to HSUS spokesman John Hadidian, “he has not threatened canoes or kayaks the last two times we’ve put him to the test.”
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/local_regional/ap_swan05312003.htm
Ill-Tempered Swan Tamed (Milford [Massachusetts] Daily News- 05/31/03): An exact duplicate of the Associated Press story noted below.
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/local_regional/ap_swan05312003.htm
Ill-Tempered Swan Tamed (Framingham [Massachusetts] MetroWest Daily News - 05/31/03): According to this story attributed to the Associated Press, officials with the Humane Society of the United States’ Cape Wildlife Center in Barnstable believe that efforts to tame the overly aggressive behavior of a territorial Mute Swan (nicknamed Genghis Swan by local residents) on the Eel River in Plymouth using a repellent, methyl anthranilate, have been successful. According to HSUS spokesman John Hadidian, “he has not threatened canoes or kayaks the last two times we’ve put him to the test.”
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/local_regional/ap_swan05312003.htm
Friday, May 30, 2003
Current News Article (1):
It's Open Season in Spawning Rivers (Easton [Maryland] Star-Democrat - 05/30/03 [NOTE: scroll to middle of page for remarks on Mute Swan): Keith Walter's Up the Creek column includes a slight variation of the Mute Swan culinary remarks from his column of 05/28/03.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=8169047&BRD=2101&PAG=461&dept_id=392208&rfi=6
It's Open Season in Spawning Rivers (Easton [Maryland] Star-Democrat - 05/30/03 [NOTE: scroll to middle of page for remarks on Mute Swan): Keith Walter's Up the Creek column includes a slight variation of the Mute Swan culinary remarks from his column of 05/28/03.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=8169047&BRD=2101&PAG=461&dept_id=392208&rfi=6
Thursday, May 29, 2003
Current News Articles (2):
Activist Sues to Stop Mute Swan Kill (Annapolis [Maryland] Capital - 05/29/03): An exact copy of the Associated Press article first published by Newsday.com on 05/28/03.
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/live/05_29-02/GOV
Activist Files Suite to Halt Shooting of Mute Swans (Easton [Maryland] Star-Democrat - 05/29/03): An exact copy of the Associated Press article first published by Newsday.com on 05/28/03.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=8156726&BRD=2101&PAG=461&dept_id=392169&rfi=6
Activist Sues to Stop Mute Swan Kill (Annapolis [Maryland] Capital - 05/29/03): An exact copy of the Associated Press article first published by Newsday.com on 05/28/03.
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/live/05_29-02/GOV
Activist Files Suite to Halt Shooting of Mute Swans (Easton [Maryland] Star-Democrat - 05/29/03): An exact copy of the Associated Press article first published by Newsday.com on 05/28/03.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=8156726&BRD=2101&PAG=461&dept_id=392169&rfi=6
Wednesday, May 28, 2003
Current News Articles (4):
Rockfish Proposal Has Merits, Drawbacks (Eastern [Maryland] Star-Democrat - 05/28/03) [NOTE: Scroll to bottom of page for Mute Swan article]: Keith Walter’s tongue-in-cheek remarks on the edibility of Mute Swans in his Up the Creek column end with this serious suggestion from Jim Price, a resident of Oxford, Maryland: “People who are concerned about the [Chesapeake] Bay should sue the people who sued to protect Mute Swans. Anybody who is stopping us from cleaning up the Bay should be held responsible for it.
”http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=8146518&BRD=2101&PAG=461&dept_id=392208&rfi=6
Activist Goes to Federal Court to Stop Programs in at Least Nine States (Newsday.com - 05/28/03): This 9-paragraph story from the Associated Press repeats the news, first reported by the Baltimore Sun, that Connecticut resident Kathryn Burton, founder and president of Save Our Swans, filed suit in Federal court on May 22 to rescind permits authorizing the take of Mute Swans in at least 9 States on grounds that “the permitting process being used [the "categorical exclusion" provision of NEPA] is illegal.”
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny--muteswankill0528may28,0,1536293.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire
Activists Urge Protection of Massachusetts' Swans (WCVT-TV [Boston, Massachusetts] - 05/28/03): This 5-paragraph, 5-sentence story attributed to the Associate Press repeats the story first reported in the Baltimore Sun that Save Our Swans USA has filed a Federal lawsuit asking the courts to rescind permits authorizing the take of Mute Swans in a least 9 States.
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/2232825/detail.html
Lawsuit Seeks to End Killing of Mute Swans (Baltimore [Maryland] Sun - 05/28/03): This 9-paragraph story by Dennis O'Brien reports that Kathryn Burton, founder and president of Save Our Swans USA filed a suit in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., on May 22 "to rescind [Mute Swan] permits issued to a number of States, including Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota" on grounds that "the permitting process being used [the "categorical exclusion" provision of NEPA] is illegal." Includes quotes from Burton, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service spokesman Mike Meagher, and Mark Knee, wildlife biologist for the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians in Manistee, Michigan.
http://www.sunspot.net/news/local/bal-md.swans28may28,0,2943362.story?coll=bal-local-headlines
Rockfish Proposal Has Merits, Drawbacks (Eastern [Maryland] Star-Democrat - 05/28/03) [NOTE: Scroll to bottom of page for Mute Swan article]: Keith Walter’s tongue-in-cheek remarks on the edibility of Mute Swans in his Up the Creek column end with this serious suggestion from Jim Price, a resident of Oxford, Maryland: “People who are concerned about the [Chesapeake] Bay should sue the people who sued to protect Mute Swans. Anybody who is stopping us from cleaning up the Bay should be held responsible for it.
”http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=8146518&BRD=2101&PAG=461&dept_id=392208&rfi=6
Activist Goes to Federal Court to Stop Programs in at Least Nine States (Newsday.com - 05/28/03): This 9-paragraph story from the Associated Press repeats the news, first reported by the Baltimore Sun, that Connecticut resident Kathryn Burton, founder and president of Save Our Swans, filed suit in Federal court on May 22 to rescind permits authorizing the take of Mute Swans in at least 9 States on grounds that “the permitting process being used [the "categorical exclusion" provision of NEPA] is illegal.”
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny--muteswankill0528may28,0,1536293.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire
Activists Urge Protection of Massachusetts' Swans (WCVT-TV [Boston, Massachusetts] - 05/28/03): This 5-paragraph, 5-sentence story attributed to the Associate Press repeats the story first reported in the Baltimore Sun that Save Our Swans USA has filed a Federal lawsuit asking the courts to rescind permits authorizing the take of Mute Swans in a least 9 States.
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/2232825/detail.html
Lawsuit Seeks to End Killing of Mute Swans (Baltimore [Maryland] Sun - 05/28/03): This 9-paragraph story by Dennis O'Brien reports that Kathryn Burton, founder and president of Save Our Swans USA filed a suit in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., on May 22 "to rescind [Mute Swan] permits issued to a number of States, including Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota" on grounds that "the permitting process being used [the "categorical exclusion" provision of NEPA] is illegal." Includes quotes from Burton, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service spokesman Mike Meagher, and Mark Knee, wildlife biologist for the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians in Manistee, Michigan.
http://www.sunspot.net/news/local/bal-md.swans28may28,0,2943362.story?coll=bal-local-headlines
Sunday, May 25, 2003
Current News Articles (4):
Bringing Home Fish Isn't the Point (Baltimore [Maryland] Sun - 05/25/03 [NOTE: Scroll to section entitled Swan Project Muted]): This article criticizes the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to withdraw a permit to shoot 1,500 Mute Swans in Maryland after environmental activitsts filed suit in Federal court, and reacts with skepticism to a statement by USFWS spokeswoman Diane Pence that a review of the Maryland control program is a “work in progress,” especially in light of the considerable review already conducted by the Maryland DNR. A statement by Patrick Hornberger, one of the plaintiffs, that he “likes to watch swans prompts this reaction from Outdoors columnist Candus Thomson: “Hey, I like to watch Harrison Ford, but I wouldn’t want to see 6,000 of him and I sure wouldn’t file an expensive lawsuit to protect my selfish interests.”
http://www.sunspot.net/sports/outdoors/bal-sp.thomson25may25,0,583221.story?coll=bal%2Dsports%2Doutdoors
Environmental Success Stories Buoy L.I. Sound Advocates (New London [Connecticut] Day - 05/25/03): An exact replicate of a story by Kirk Johnson posted earlier today by the New York Times under a different headline.
http://www.theday.com/eng/web/mktplace/re.aspx?relDx=bf0106d5-61a0-4e17-b346-0bfc5fade088
Swan Killings Draw Protests (Boston [Massachusetts] Globe - 05/25/03): As reported by staff writer Sarah Schweitzer, some residents of Plum Island--upset that officials of the nearby Parker River National Wildlife Refuge have killed four Mute Swans so far this year under a Federal permit--protested the action over the weekend. Statewide, five one-year permits are in effect that allow for the killing of 117 swans. The Massachusetts Mute Swan population has grown from 585 birds in 1986 to 2,929 in 2003. Includes quotes from Refuge manager Janet Kennedy, USFWS spokesman Mike Meagher, and several Plum Island residents.
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/145/metro/Swan_killings_draw_protests+.shtml
Tide of Humanity Alters Long Island Sound (New York Times - 05/25/03 [NOTE: Access to this article may require registration, a relatively painless process): In this long essay, writer Kirk Johnson explores some of the ways in which human habitation has influenced ecological processes in the Sound, with a focus on restoration efforts in Mumford Cove near Groton, Connecticutt. After a decade, the depleted eelgrass beds of the Cove had returned to their former abundance. The appearance of three pairs of Mute Swans in the Cove in spring 2003--their first recorded occurrence there during the State’s annual bird surveys--”suggests that another cycle of human-influenced nature may be taking place,” the swans being “notoriously destructive and voracious feeders who love, perhaps more than anything else--you guessed it--eel grass.” The author concludes: “Like a nursery rhyme turned on its head, the logical links tumble like dominoes. It’s a crime [under Federal and State law] to harm the Mute Swans that eat the eelgrass that shelter the scallops that the Sound’s managers would love to restore if they could.”
Bringing Home Fish Isn't the Point (Baltimore [Maryland] Sun - 05/25/03 [NOTE: Scroll to section entitled Swan Project Muted]): This article criticizes the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to withdraw a permit to shoot 1,500 Mute Swans in Maryland after environmental activitsts filed suit in Federal court, and reacts with skepticism to a statement by USFWS spokeswoman Diane Pence that a review of the Maryland control program is a “work in progress,” especially in light of the considerable review already conducted by the Maryland DNR. A statement by Patrick Hornberger, one of the plaintiffs, that he “likes to watch swans prompts this reaction from Outdoors columnist Candus Thomson: “Hey, I like to watch Harrison Ford, but I wouldn’t want to see 6,000 of him and I sure wouldn’t file an expensive lawsuit to protect my selfish interests.”
http://www.sunspot.net/sports/outdoors/bal-sp.thomson25may25,0,583221.story?coll=bal%2Dsports%2Doutdoors
Environmental Success Stories Buoy L.I. Sound Advocates (New London [Connecticut] Day - 05/25/03): An exact replicate of a story by Kirk Johnson posted earlier today by the New York Times under a different headline.
http://www.theday.com/eng/web/mktplace/re.aspx?relDx=bf0106d5-61a0-4e17-b346-0bfc5fade088
Swan Killings Draw Protests (Boston [Massachusetts] Globe - 05/25/03): As reported by staff writer Sarah Schweitzer, some residents of Plum Island--upset that officials of the nearby Parker River National Wildlife Refuge have killed four Mute Swans so far this year under a Federal permit--protested the action over the weekend. Statewide, five one-year permits are in effect that allow for the killing of 117 swans. The Massachusetts Mute Swan population has grown from 585 birds in 1986 to 2,929 in 2003. Includes quotes from Refuge manager Janet Kennedy, USFWS spokesman Mike Meagher, and several Plum Island residents.
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/145/metro/Swan_killings_draw_protests+.shtml
Tide of Humanity Alters Long Island Sound (New York Times - 05/25/03 [NOTE: Access to this article may require registration, a relatively painless process): In this long essay, writer Kirk Johnson explores some of the ways in which human habitation has influenced ecological processes in the Sound, with a focus on restoration efforts in Mumford Cove near Groton, Connecticutt. After a decade, the depleted eelgrass beds of the Cove had returned to their former abundance. The appearance of three pairs of Mute Swans in the Cove in spring 2003--their first recorded occurrence there during the State’s annual bird surveys--”suggests that another cycle of human-influenced nature may be taking place,” the swans being “notoriously destructive and voracious feeders who love, perhaps more than anything else--you guessed it--eel grass.” The author concludes: “Like a nursery rhyme turned on its head, the logical links tumble like dominoes. It’s a crime [under Federal and State law] to harm the Mute Swans that eat the eelgrass that shelter the scallops that the Sound’s managers would love to restore if they could.”
Saturday, May 24, 2003
This Week in Review (May 18-24, 2003)
Current News Items: Additions this week: 6. Cumulative to date: 138. A slow news week with just 6 news items, all related to the decision to halt the shooting of swans on the Chesapeake Bay by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Older Online Documents: Additions this week: 18 from 10 sources. Cumulative to date: 47 from 26 sources.
Current News Items: Additions this week: 6. Cumulative to date: 138. A slow news week with just 6 news items, all related to the decision to halt the shooting of swans on the Chesapeake Bay by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Older Online Documents: Additions this week: 18 from 10 sources. Cumulative to date: 47 from 26 sources.
Thursday, May 22, 2003
Older Online Documents (18):
Documents from the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center:
The Exotic Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) in Chesapeake Bay, U.S.A. (Matthew C. Perry et al. - 04/13/01)
http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/resshow/perry/muteswan.htm
Biological and Ecotoxicological Characteristics of Terrestrial Vertebrate Species Inhabiting Estuaries: Mute Swan ( - updated 05/19/03)
http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bioeco/muteswan.htm
Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter: Mute Swan - Cygnus olor (G. A. Gough et al. - 12/28/00)
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i1782id.html
North American Breeding Bird Survey: Results and Analyses 1966-2002 (J. R. Sauer et al. - 05/20/03):
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/
Mute Swans in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (10/19/01)
http://www.watershedradio.org/october2001/101901mutes.htm
Species Account from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources:
Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas: Mute Swan - Cygnus olor (Peterjohn and Rice - 1991)
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/dnap/OhioBirding/Bird%20PDF/MuteSwan.pdf
An Independent Review Article:
Did Trumpeter Swans Ever Occur in Eastern North America? (Bill Whan and Gerry Rising - no date) [NOTE: Scroll to the section entitled "An Added Note About Trumpeter Swans Versus Mute Swans" (near bottom of page)]
http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~insrisg/nature/swans.html
Report from Bird Studies Canada:
Population Status, Nutrient Reserve Dynamics, and Dietary Intake of Mute Swans on the Lower Great Lakes (Long Point Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Fund - no date)
http://www.bsc-eoc.org/lpbo/lpwwrfmuteswan.html
Abstract from a Niagara Escarpment Commission Conference - Leading Edge 2001--Focus on the Biosphere:
Rapid Increase in the Lower Great Lakes Population of Feral Mute Swans: A Review and a Recommendation (Scott A. Petrie and Charles A. Francis - October 2001)
http://www.escarpment.org/leading_edge/LE01/posters/Petrie.pdf
Article from the American Birding Association's Journal Birding:
Mute Swans Make Noise: Lower Great Lakes Population Scrutinized (Scott A. Petrie - February 2002)
http://www.bsc-eoc.org/download/Mute%20Swan.pdf
Article from the [Iowa] Trumpeter Swan Restoration Committee's Trumpeting the Cause Newsletter:
Intrusion of the Mute Swan (Emily Sloan - Fall 2001)
http://www.stuorg.iastate.edu/swan/news5/page5.html
Searchable Database from BirdSource:
Great Backyard Bird Count (National Audubon Society and Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/
Searchable Database from National Audubon Society:
Christmas Bird Count (2003)
http://www.audubon.org/bird/cbc/
Documents from the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center:
The Exotic Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) in Chesapeake Bay, U.S.A. (Matthew C. Perry et al. - 04/13/01)
http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/resshow/perry/muteswan.htm
Biological and Ecotoxicological Characteristics of Terrestrial Vertebrate Species Inhabiting Estuaries: Mute Swan ( - updated 05/19/03)
http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bioeco/muteswan.htm
Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter: Mute Swan - Cygnus olor (G. A. Gough et al. - 12/28/00)
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i1782id.html
North American Breeding Bird Survey: Results and Analyses 1966-2002 (J. R. Sauer et al. - 05/20/03):
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/
Trend Results [1966-2002]Audio and Text from Watershed Radio:
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/atlasa02.pl?01782
Summer Distribution Map
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/htm96/map617/ra1782.html
Breeding Distribution Map
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/htm96/htmra/ra1782.html
Trend Map, 1966-1996
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/htm96/trn626/tr1782.html
Map of Winter Distribution from Christmas Bird Count
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/cbcra/h1782ra.html
Mute Swans in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (10/19/01)
http://www.watershedradio.org/october2001/101901mutes.htm
Species Account from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources:
Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas: Mute Swan - Cygnus olor (Peterjohn and Rice - 1991)
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/dnap/OhioBirding/Bird%20PDF/MuteSwan.pdf
An Independent Review Article:
Did Trumpeter Swans Ever Occur in Eastern North America? (Bill Whan and Gerry Rising - no date) [NOTE: Scroll to the section entitled "An Added Note About Trumpeter Swans Versus Mute Swans" (near bottom of page)]
http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~insrisg/nature/swans.html
Report from Bird Studies Canada:
Population Status, Nutrient Reserve Dynamics, and Dietary Intake of Mute Swans on the Lower Great Lakes (Long Point Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Fund - no date)
http://www.bsc-eoc.org/lpbo/lpwwrfmuteswan.html
Abstract from a Niagara Escarpment Commission Conference - Leading Edge 2001--Focus on the Biosphere:
Rapid Increase in the Lower Great Lakes Population of Feral Mute Swans: A Review and a Recommendation (Scott A. Petrie and Charles A. Francis - October 2001)
http://www.escarpment.org/leading_edge/LE01/posters/Petrie.pdf
Article from the American Birding Association's Journal Birding:
Mute Swans Make Noise: Lower Great Lakes Population Scrutinized (Scott A. Petrie - February 2002)
http://www.bsc-eoc.org/download/Mute%20Swan.pdf
Article from the [Iowa] Trumpeter Swan Restoration Committee's Trumpeting the Cause Newsletter:
Intrusion of the Mute Swan (Emily Sloan - Fall 2001)
http://www.stuorg.iastate.edu/swan/news5/page5.html
Searchable Database from BirdSource:
Great Backyard Bird Count (National Audubon Society and Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/
Searchable Database from National Audubon Society:
Christmas Bird Count (2003)
http://www.audubon.org/bird/cbc/
Wednesday, May 21, 2003
Current News Articles (2):
Opinion: Mute Swans (Annapolis [Maryland] Capital - 05/21/03): Reader Bill Schneider supports the notion that Mute Swans need to be controlled in the Chesapeake Bay because they are an invasive species, but believes that control should be extended to areas beyond those where they are concentrated in large numbers.
F&WS, Maryland's DNR, Wimp Out on Mute Swans (Washington [D.C.] Times - 05/21/03):
http://washingtontimes.com/sports/20030521-125933-3904r.htm
Opinion: Mute Swans (Annapolis [Maryland] Capital - 05/21/03): Reader Bill Schneider supports the notion that Mute Swans need to be controlled in the Chesapeake Bay because they are an invasive species, but believes that control should be extended to areas beyond those where they are concentrated in large numbers.
F&WS, Maryland's DNR, Wimp Out on Mute Swans (Washington [D.C.] Times - 05/21/03):
http://washingtontimes.com/sports/20030521-125933-3904r.htm
Tuesday, May 20, 2003
Current News Article (1):
Animal Rights Group and FWS Halt Maryland's Mute Swan Cull on Chesapeake Bay (Seafood.com News - 05/20/03): Noting that the alien Mute Swan "has been munching away at the precious" submerged underwater grasses that "provide habitat for fish and shellfish," Ken Coons reports that "Maryland officials announced [last week] they have suspended efforts to kill Mute Swans in the Chesapeake Bay."
http://www.seafood.com/news/current/97602.html
Animal Rights Group and FWS Halt Maryland's Mute Swan Cull on Chesapeake Bay (Seafood.com News - 05/20/03): Noting that the alien Mute Swan "has been munching away at the precious" submerged underwater grasses that "provide habitat for fish and shellfish," Ken Coons reports that "Maryland officials announced [last week] they have suspended efforts to kill Mute Swans in the Chesapeake Bay."
http://www.seafood.com/news/current/97602.html
Monday, May 19, 2003
Current News Articles (2):
Victory for Mute Swans (Friends of Animals - 05/19/03): Hails the Chesapeake Bay "cease-fire" prompted by a complaint filed by Fund for Animals and three Maryland residents, including SaveMarylandSwans president Patrick Hornberger (also FoA's Maryland advisor), and notes that "FoA will continue to expose the lies about Mute Swans being the primary cause for the loss of underwater vegetation in Chesapeake Bay."
http://www.friendsofanimals.org/news/cease.htm
Maryland Gives Up Federal Permit to Kill Mute Swans (Environmental News Service - 05/19/03):
http://ens-news.com/ens/may2003/2003-05-19-09.asp#anchor5
Victory for Mute Swans (Friends of Animals - 05/19/03): Hails the Chesapeake Bay "cease-fire" prompted by a complaint filed by Fund for Animals and three Maryland residents, including SaveMarylandSwans president Patrick Hornberger (also FoA's Maryland advisor), and notes that "FoA will continue to expose the lies about Mute Swans being the primary cause for the loss of underwater vegetation in Chesapeake Bay."
http://www.friendsofanimals.org/news/cease.htm
Maryland Gives Up Federal Permit to Kill Mute Swans (Environmental News Service - 05/19/03):
http://ens-news.com/ens/may2003/2003-05-19-09.asp#anchor5
Sunday, May 18, 2003
Current News Article (1):
Swan Kill Suspended (Eastern [Maryland] Star-Democrat - 05/18/03): This is the 17-paragraph story by Associated Press writer Tom Stuckey that was released by the AP on 05/16/03 and first posted that evening by the Baltimore Sun without attribution to Stuckey.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=8051143&BRD=2101&PAG=461&dept_id=417987&rfi=6
Swan Kill Suspended (Eastern [Maryland] Star-Democrat - 05/18/03): This is the 17-paragraph story by Associated Press writer Tom Stuckey that was released by the AP on 05/16/03 and first posted that evening by the Baltimore Sun without attribution to Stuckey.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=8051143&BRD=2101&PAG=461&dept_id=417987&rfi=6
Saturday, May 17, 2003
This Week in Review (May 11-17, 2003):
Current News Articles: Additions this week: 54. Cumulative to date: 132. Another newsworthy week for Mute Swans. The 54 news articles focused on two major themes: (1) the news early in the week that the Fund for Animals and several Eastern Shore residents had filed a complaint in Federal court challenging the issuance of a permit to the Maryland DNR to shoot 1,500 swans, and (2) the news on Friday that the State had agreed to stop shooting swans at the request of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service so that issues raised in the complaint could be reviewed. Older Online Documents: Additions this week: 29 from 16 sources. Cumulative to date: 29 from 16 sources.
Current News Articles (8):
State Suspends Mute Swan Kill (WBAL-TV, Baltimore, Maryland - 05/17/03): The 17-paragraph story released by the Associated Press on 05/16/03 and first posted by the Baltimore Sun that evening, is posted here without attribution to either the AP or to writer Tom Stuckey.
http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/2211003/detail.html
State Agrees to Stop Killing Swans (Bedford [Indiana] Herald-Times - 05/17/03) [NOTE: Not available as of 05/19/03]: This was probably some version of the 10- or 17-paragraph Associated Press story by Tom Stuckey.
http://www.hoosiertimes.com/stories/thisday/nationworld.0517-HT-A11_PM036157.sto
State Stops Shooting Swans Until Federal Suit Resolved (Baltimore [Maryland] Sun- 05/17/03)
http://www.sunspot.net/news/local/bal-te.md.swans17may17,0,4945161.story?coll=bal-home-headlines
Officials Agree to Stop Shooting Invasive Mute Swans (Washington [D.C.] Times - 05/17/03): This is the 17-paragraph story by Associated Press writer Tom Stuckey that was released by the AP on 05/16/03 and first posted that evening by the Baltimore Sun without attribution to Stuckey.
http://washingtontimes.com/metro/20030516-102234-9641r.htm
Maryland Agrees to Stop Killing Mute Swans Inhabiting Chesapeake Bay (Canton [Ohio] Repository - 05/17/03)
http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=23&ID=100497&r=1
State Stops Shooting Swans Until Federal Suit Resolved (Baltimore [Maryland] Sun - 05/17/03)
http://www.sunspot.net/bal-te.md.swans17may17,0,6292344.story?coll=bal-home-headlines; also
http://www.sunspot.net/news/local/bal-te.md.swans17may17,0,4945161.story?coll=bal-local-headlines, and
http://www.sunspot.net/news/local/bal-swan0516,0,3138587.story?coll=bal-local-headlines
Md. Swans Spared from Shooting: State Agrees to Suspend Animal Control Program (The [Delaware] News-Journal - 05/17/03)
http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2003/05/17mdswanssparedfr.html
Eradication of Mute Swans Delayed (Washington [D.C.] Post/Metro/In Brief - 05/17/03)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1572-2003May16.html
Current News Articles: Additions this week: 54. Cumulative to date: 132. Another newsworthy week for Mute Swans. The 54 news articles focused on two major themes: (1) the news early in the week that the Fund for Animals and several Eastern Shore residents had filed a complaint in Federal court challenging the issuance of a permit to the Maryland DNR to shoot 1,500 swans, and (2) the news on Friday that the State had agreed to stop shooting swans at the request of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service so that issues raised in the complaint could be reviewed. Older Online Documents: Additions this week: 29 from 16 sources. Cumulative to date: 29 from 16 sources.
Current News Articles (8):
State Suspends Mute Swan Kill (WBAL-TV, Baltimore, Maryland - 05/17/03): The 17-paragraph story released by the Associated Press on 05/16/03 and first posted by the Baltimore Sun that evening, is posted here without attribution to either the AP or to writer Tom Stuckey.
http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/2211003/detail.html
State Agrees to Stop Killing Swans (Bedford [Indiana] Herald-Times - 05/17/03) [NOTE: Not available as of 05/19/03]: This was probably some version of the 10- or 17-paragraph Associated Press story by Tom Stuckey.
http://www.hoosiertimes.com/stories/thisday/nationworld.0517-HT-A11_PM036157.sto
State Stops Shooting Swans Until Federal Suit Resolved (Baltimore [Maryland] Sun- 05/17/03)
http://www.sunspot.net/news/local/bal-te.md.swans17may17,0,4945161.story?coll=bal-home-headlines
Officials Agree to Stop Shooting Invasive Mute Swans (Washington [D.C.] Times - 05/17/03): This is the 17-paragraph story by Associated Press writer Tom Stuckey that was released by the AP on 05/16/03 and first posted that evening by the Baltimore Sun without attribution to Stuckey.
http://washingtontimes.com/metro/20030516-102234-9641r.htm
Maryland Agrees to Stop Killing Mute Swans Inhabiting Chesapeake Bay (Canton [Ohio] Repository - 05/17/03)
http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=23&ID=100497&r=1
State Stops Shooting Swans Until Federal Suit Resolved (Baltimore [Maryland] Sun - 05/17/03)
http://www.sunspot.net/bal-te.md.swans17may17,0,6292344.story?coll=bal-home-headlines; also
http://www.sunspot.net/news/local/bal-te.md.swans17may17,0,4945161.story?coll=bal-local-headlines, and
http://www.sunspot.net/news/local/bal-swan0516,0,3138587.story?coll=bal-local-headlines
Md. Swans Spared from Shooting: State Agrees to Suspend Animal Control Program (The [Delaware] News-Journal - 05/17/03)
http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2003/05/17mdswanssparedfr.html
Eradication of Mute Swans Delayed (Washington [D.C.] Post/Metro/In Brief - 05/17/03)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1572-2003May16.html
Friday, May 16, 2003
Current News Articles (26):
Md. Agrees to Stop Killing Mute Swans (Aberdeen [South Dakota] American-News - 05/16/03: This 10-paragraph story attributed to Associated Press writer Tom Stuckey was posted to the Web sites of 22 newspapers in 15 States and the United Kingdom late Friday (05/16/03) and, in most cases, appeared in their print editions on Saturday (05/17/03).
http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/5880809.htm
State Agrees to Stop Shooting Swans (Baltimore [Maryland] Sun - 05/16/03): The State of Maryland “will honor a request from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to suspend the Mute Swan control program” to give the Federal agency “time to consider issues raised in the complaint” filed by the Fund for Animals. Includes quotes from Governor Robert Ehrlich’s spokesman Henry Fawell, Maryland DNR director Paul Perditto, Maryland DNR associate director Jonathan McKnight, and Fund president Michael Markarian, who touted the decision as “a major victory for Mute Swans in Maryland.”
http://www.sunspot.net/news/local/bal-swan0516,0,3138587.story?coll=bal-local-headlines
Mute Swans Spared (WJZ-TV, Baltimore, Maryland - 05/16/03): The State of Maryland “will honor a request from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to suspend the Mute Swan control program” to give the Federal agency “time to consider issues raised in the complaint” filed by the Fund for Animals.
http://wjz.com/localstories/local_story_136190415.html
Maryland DNR Ceases Shooting of Mute Swan (Save Maryland's Swans - 05/16/03): Reports the breaking news, first reported by the Fund for Animals, that the Maryland DNR has "suspended its program to kill Mute Swan [sic] in Maryland waters effective May 17, 2003." Includes quotes from SMS president Patrick Hornberger.
http://www.savemarylandswans.org/news051603.htm
Mute Swans Spared from Slaughter--Maryland Surrenders Federal Permit to Shoot Birds on Bay (The Fund for Animals - 05/16/03): This 5-paragraph press release posted late Friday notes that the Maryland DNR has agreed to "discontinue its activities under the [Mute Swan] permit" effective Saturday, to allow the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service "to fully examine" issues raised by the Fund in a complaint filed in Federal court on 05/13/03. Includes a quote from Fund president Michael Markarian.
http://www.fund.org/library/documentViewer.asp?ID=983&table=documents
Md. Agrees to Stop Killing Mute Swans (Aberdeen [South Dakota] American-News - 05/16/03: This 10-paragraph story attributed to Associated Press writer Tom Stuckey was posted to the Web sites of 22 newspapers in 15 States and the United Kingdom late Friday (05/16/03) and, in most cases, appeared in their print editions on Saturday (05/17/03).
http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/5880809.htm
Md. Agrees to Stop Killing Mute Swans (Akron [Ohio] Beacon-Journal - 05/16/03)
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/5880809.htm
Md. Agrees to Stop Killing Mute Swans (Atlanta [Georgia] Journal-Constitution - 05/16/03)
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/ap/ap_story.html/National/AP.V1655.AP-Mute-Swan-Kill.html
Md. Agrees to Stop Killing Mute Swans (Biloxi [Mississippi] Sun-Herald - 05/16/03)
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/breaking_news/5880809.htm
Md. Agrees to Stop Killing Mute Swans (Centre [Pennsylvania] Daily-Times - 05/16/03)
http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/5880809.htm
Md. Agrees to Stop Killing Mute Swans (Columbus [Georgia] Ledger-Inquirer - 05/16/03) [NOTE: Not available as of 05/18/03]
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/5880809.htm
Md. Agrees to Stop Killing Mute Swans (Dayton [Ohio] Daily-News - 05/16/03)
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/content/news/ap/ap_story.html/National/AP.V1655.AP-Mute-Swan-Kill.html
Md. Agrees to Stop Killing Mute Swans (Duluth [Minnesota] News-Tribune - 05/16/03)
http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/news/5880809.htm
Md. Agrees to Stop Killing Mute Swans (Florence [Alabama] Times-Daily - 05/16/03)
http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030516/APA/305161161
Md. Agrees to Stop Killing Mute Swans (Fort Wayne [Indiana] Journal-Gazette - 05/16/03)
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/fortwayne/news/local/5880809.htm
Md. Agrees to Stop Killing Mute Swans (Grand Forks [North Dakota] Herald - 05/16/03)
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/5880809.htm
Md. Agrees to Stop Killing Mute Swans (Kansas City [Missouri] Star - 05/16/03)
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/breaking_news/5880809.htm
Md. Agrees to Stop Killing Mute Swans (London [England] Guardian - 05/16/03) [NOTE: Not available as of 05/18/03]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-2685139,00.html
Md. Agrees to Stop Killing Mute Swans (Longview [Texas] News-Journal - 05/17/03)
http://www.news-journal.com/news/content/news/ap_story.html/National/AP.V1655.AP-Mute-Swan-Kill.html
Md. Agrees to Stop Killing Mute Swans (Macon [Georgia] Telegraph - 05/16/03)
http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/5880809.htm
Md. Agrees to Stop Killing Mute Swans (Newsday - 05/16/03)
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-mute-swan-kill,0,1594034.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines
Maryland Agrees to Stop Killing Mute Swans Inhabiting Chesapeake Bay (New Orleans [Louisiana] Times-Picayune - 05/16/03) [NOTE: Not available as of 05/18/03]
http://www.nola.com/newsflash/national/index.ssf?/newsflash/get_story.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?a0808_BC_MuteSwanKill&&news&newsflash-national
Md. Agrees to Stop Killing Mute Swans (PennLive [Pennsylvania] - 05/16/03) [NOTE: Not available as of 05/18/03]
http://pennlive.com/newsflash/national/index.ssf?/newsflash/get_story.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?a0808_BC_MuteSwanKill&&news&newsflash-national
Md. Agrees to Stop Killing Mute Swans (Rocky Mount [North Carolina] Telegram - 05/17/03)
http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/news/content/news/ap_story.html/National/AP.V1655.AP-Mute-Swan-Kill.html
Md. Agrees to Stop Killing Mute Swans (Tuscaloosa [Alabama] News - 05/16/03)
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030516/APA/305161161&cachetime=5
Md. Agrees to Stop Killing Mute Swans (Wichita [Kansas] Eagle - 05/16/03)
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/5880809.htm
Md. Agrees to Stop Killing Mute Swans (Wilkes-Barre [Pennsylvania] Weekender - 05/16/03)
http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/news/5880809.htm
State Agrees to Stop Shooting Swans (Baltimore [Maryland] Sun - 05/16/03): The State of Maryland “will honor a request from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to suspend the Mute Swan control program” to give the Federal agency “time to consider issues raised in the complaint” filed by the Fund for Animals. Includes quotes from Governor Robert Ehrlich’s spokesman Henry Fawell, Maryland DNR director Paul Perditto, Maryland DNR associate director Jonathan McKnight, and Fund president Michael Markarian, who touted the decision as “a major victory for Mute Swans in Maryland.”
http://www.sunspot.net/news/local/bal-swan0516,0,3138587.story?coll=bal-local-headlines
Mute Swans Spared (WJZ-TV, Baltimore, Maryland - 05/16/03): The State of Maryland “will honor a request from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to suspend the Mute Swan control program” to give the Federal agency “time to consider issues raised in the complaint” filed by the Fund for Animals.
http://wjz.com/localstories/local_story_136190415.html
Maryland DNR Ceases Shooting of Mute Swan (Save Maryland's Swans - 05/16/03): Reports the breaking news, first reported by the Fund for Animals, that the Maryland DNR has "suspended its program to kill Mute Swan [sic] in Maryland waters effective May 17, 2003." Includes quotes from SMS president Patrick Hornberger.
http://www.savemarylandswans.org/news051603.htm
Mute Swans Spared from Slaughter--Maryland Surrenders Federal Permit to Shoot Birds on Bay (The Fund for Animals - 05/16/03): This 5-paragraph press release posted late Friday notes that the Maryland DNR has agreed to "discontinue its activities under the [Mute Swan] permit" effective Saturday, to allow the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service "to fully examine" issues raised by the Fund in a complaint filed in Federal court on 05/13/03. Includes a quote from Fund president Michael Markarian.
http://www.fund.org/library/documentViewer.asp?ID=983&table=documents
Older Online Documents (7):
Fact Sheet from the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection:
Mute Swan - Cygnus olor (1997)
http://dep.state.ct.us/burnatr/wildlife/factshts/mtswan.htm
http://dep.state.ct.us/burnatr/wildlife/pdf/mtswan.pdf
Article from the Committee to Abolish Sport Hunting's C.A.S.H. Courier:
Swan Wars–The Sequel (Kathryn Burton - Spring/Summer 2002)
http://www.all-creatures.org/cash/cc2002-sp-swanwars.html
Article from Field & Stream:
More Bad News on Big Birds (George Reiger - no date)
http://www.fieldandstream.com/fieldstream/conservation/article/0,13199,321826,00.html
Fact Sheet from the University of Michigan's Animal Diversity Web:
Cygnus olor - Mute Swan (Alicia Ivory - May 2000)
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/cygnus/c._olor$narrative.html
General Information from the Chesapeake Bay Program:
Mute Swan (last modified 04/24/03)
http://www.chesapeakebay.net/muteswan.htm
Article from CNN:
Mute Swans Threaten Chesapeake Bay Ecosystems (Natalie Pawelski - 07/08/98)
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/science/9807/08/swan.bullies/
Press Release from SaveOurSwans USA:
U.S. Court Returns MBTA Protection to Mute Swans (Kathryn Burton - 01/02/02)
http://www.ewire-news.com/wires/23C1A487-E528-4936-AD1250E35369C01C.htm
Fact Sheet from the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection:
Mute Swan - Cygnus olor (1997)
http://dep.state.ct.us/burnatr/wildlife/factshts/mtswan.htm
http://dep.state.ct.us/burnatr/wildlife/pdf/mtswan.pdf
Article from the Committee to Abolish Sport Hunting's C.A.S.H. Courier:
Swan Wars–The Sequel (Kathryn Burton - Spring/Summer 2002)
http://www.all-creatures.org/cash/cc2002-sp-swanwars.html
Article from Field & Stream:
More Bad News on Big Birds (George Reiger - no date)
http://www.fieldandstream.com/fieldstream/conservation/article/0,13199,321826,00.html
Fact Sheet from the University of Michigan's Animal Diversity Web:
Cygnus olor - Mute Swan (Alicia Ivory - May 2000)
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/cygnus/c._olor$narrative.html
General Information from the Chesapeake Bay Program:
Mute Swan (last modified 04/24/03)
http://www.chesapeakebay.net/muteswan.htm
Article from CNN:
Mute Swans Threaten Chesapeake Bay Ecosystems (Natalie Pawelski - 07/08/98)
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/science/9807/08/swan.bullies/
Press Release from SaveOurSwans USA:
U.S. Court Returns MBTA Protection to Mute Swans (Kathryn Burton - 01/02/02)
http://www.ewire-news.com/wires/23C1A487-E528-4936-AD1250E35369C01C.htm
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