You are so right, Joel. But don't overlook the fact that in this particular case, if the neighbors were not following the erroneous advice of Mass Audubon -- which hates swans and wants them dead -- these birds would not be getting lured into areas where they ingest trash. Left alone they will stay on the water where none of this danger occurs.
Just so the irony doesn't get overlooked, let me summarize the issue here on Framingham's ponds: based on lethal advice from Mass Audubon, swan lovers are inadvertently killing the swans. Over the years I have provided Audubon with documentation that their information about swans is wrong but they have chosen to ignore it since the only debate going on among them is whether to shoot the swans, break their necks or scramble their eggs so that the babies won't hatch. And it's these people who my neighbors turn to for advice. Nicola Cataldo To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body "unsubscribe frambors" (the subject is ignored).
