Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 17:37:59 -0500 Reply-To: sheath@erols.com Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Susan Heath Subject: Re: Black Swans MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All, The Black Swan that was turned over to Dr. William Sladen (Director of Environmental Studies at Airlie near Warrenton, VA) was pinioned and released on the Airlie Reservoir. Pinioning the swan renders it pretty much flightless. The bird can fly low over the water to escape predators, humans who might harass it, etc. but it cannot fly well enough to leave the reservoir. I contacted Marty about the Black Swans he saw and I believe he has contacted Airlie about them though I do not know if they can accept them at this time. Sue -- Susan Heath Fairfax County Centreville, VA sheath@erols.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================