City Naturalist: Mute Swan
Guide to observing the large all-white Eurasian swan in Central Park, Riverside Park, and the lower Hudson estuary.
www.nysite.com/nature/fauna/swan.htm
Cygnus olor (Mute Swan)
Animal Diversity Web profile covering the geographic range, physical characteristics, and natural history of the Mute Swan.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/cygnus/c._olor$narrative.html
Exotic Mute Swans Continue Population Increase
Provides a quick population snap shot of the swans native to Europe and Asia that were transported to North America in the late nineteenth century by European immigrants.
dnrweb.dnr.state.md.us/dnrnews/pressrelease2000/031500b.html
Mute swan Cygnus olor
Offers identification tips, a distribution map, and information about their taxonomy.
www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i1782id.html
Mute Swans Spark Loud Debate in Chesapeake Bay
National Geographic article discussing the control of the invasive species of bird, which threatens native birds and aquatic plant populations in the bay.
news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/06/0605_030605_muteswan.html
Mute Swans: Beautiful but Controversial Birds
Quickly outlines the problems caused by the Mute Swan, an exotic species in North America.
www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/muteswans.html
Swans at Berwick: The Mute Swans
Profile of the swans that can be found in huge herds on the Tweed estuary at Berwick.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~agene/swan.htm
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