Swans were seen nesting and a dabchick had a flotilla of chicks behind her. |
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The actual impact of Mute Swans on native waterfowl and their habitats in North America is poorly known. |
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Swans are caught and their wings' flight feathers are clipped, or pinioned. |
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Swans are large birds with a wingspan of four feet or more and although injuries to humans are rare they are not unknown. |
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After 14 games, they have the wood on the Swans, having beaten them by 33, 90, and most recently 49 points in their battles this year. |
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The last quarter helped regain some respect by fighting the match out to the final siren but Swans still ended up 57 point in arrears. |
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Within a week of having 85 per cent of his meniscus removed, he was running, and three days later he was back playing for the Swans. |
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The same player added his second and Black Swans fourth to complete the scoring five minutes into the second period. |
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Swans competing for territory, herons being mobbed by crows and ducklings jumping for flies. |
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Traders stop blaming losses on so-called Black Swans and instead accept that their own models are wrong. |
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With Essendon sitting at 13 th and the Swans at 12 th the stakes are high and it is a game that I am really looking forward too. |
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Swans are normally very strong and could inflict some nasty bites or give strong clouts with their wings. |
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When I first visited the Lake in July 2000, there were over 200 coot and great numbers of other birds, including 40 Black Swans. |
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Swans have shown great spirit, courage, determination and team unity this year but the most important ingredient to the Swans outfit has been an increase in skill. |
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Andy Day had given them the lead with a 40-yard shot into the top corner, but by the half-time whistle it was all square as the Swans replied with a Scott strike. |
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Swans are generally found in temperate environments, rarely occurring in the tropics. |
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Whooper Swans at RSPB Conwy and on Llanrwst floodwater and a Common Scoter on Abergele's Pentre Mawr lake were all unusual. |
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Apparently up to 30,000 Barnacle Geese are expected to fly in from Svalbard, with Whooper Swans whizzing in from Iceland. |
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Nearby, three Bewick's Swans are at RSPB Oakenholt Marsh and a Great White Egret at Sealand Ranges. |
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Roughly 2,500 birds live here permanently, but 30,000 can visit per year, including Bewick's Swans from Arctic Russia. |
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The Five Swans design of Otto Eckmann appeared in more than one hundred different versions. |
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The Swans took to the Premier League like ducks to water, r if you'll forgive the avian mixed metaphor. |
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Nelson was dismissed during the second half of Thursday's 1-1 draw at the Liberty Stadium for a professional foul on Swans striker Leon Knight. |
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Led by the evil genius Michael Gira, Swans are post punkers who make dark, unsettling, well, post punk. |
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The Swans drew at another First Division side, Newcastle United, in the next round, before losing narrowly in the replay. |
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Few gave the Swans, struggling for their lives at the bottom of Division Two, any chance of causing an upset against the league leaders. |
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Swans have been marked with a nick on the beak since about 1560 in England. |
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Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe Cygnini. |
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Swans were the table preserve of the monarch but Liz graciously granted two City livery companies the right to eat a few. |
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Swans are the largest extant members of the waterfowl family Anatidae, and are among the largest flying birds. |
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During that first season the Welsh Cup was won for the first time, and the following season the Swans became the first side to reach the First Round of the FA Cup. |
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Izzy Iriekpen saw a red mist at the end after protesting to referee Matt Messias about Michael Collins' tackle on Swans substitute Owain Tudor Jones. |
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Sure enough, Smith said she had seen Tundra Swans flying over her house. |
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Remarkably, the Swans played most of the second half with ten men and the final 15 minutes with just nine men as two players were forced to retire through injury. |
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Swans are birds of the family Anatidae within the genus Cygnus. |
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The Swans will doubtless recover, but they will head home this evening knowing that they didn't do themselves justice in a game that means so much to supporters. |
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