A Mute Swan was in the south pond at the Gaylord WTP this afternoon. It was rather wary and flew as soon as I came upon it in the pond. No banding was visible while the bird was in flight. It didn't move far - just to the pond on the far east end of the complex.
Other reports of lone Mute Swans from this region over the last few years may all represent just a couple of individuals: 6, 7 July 2012 - in northern McLeod County; 6-25 July 2012 - in Sibley County at the Gaylord WTP; 22, 23 September 2012 - in Wright County on the east side of Pelican Lake; 15, 16 December 2012 - in Scott in Shakopee; 24 April 2013 - in Nicollet County, east of the town of Nicollet; 13, 14, 20 October 2013 - in Sibley six miles south of the Gaylord WTP at the Nicollet County line; 16, 17 October 2013 - one a bit farther south in Nicollet County, 4 miles north of the town of Nicolle (and about 9 miles south of the Nicollet County line); 18, 31 March, 2 April 2014 - near Courtland, Nicollet County; 5 April 2014 - near Pelican Lake; 13 April 2014 - in extreme eastern Renville County; 11-13 October 2014 - in Scott at the New Prague WTP; 6 November - at the Gaylord WTP (again), this location is 33 miles due east of the prior record from Scott County. Paul Paul Budde pbu...@earthlink.net ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
