Two Swans
Oakland Pond had been closed to the public for a year while the New York City Parks Department re-landscaped the surrounding path.
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The park-going public likes swans. New York State environmental officials claim they crowd out native bird species.
"Currently, there are more than 2,200 mute swans in the Hudson Valley and Long Island regions. The New York State's Department of Environmental Conservation's wants to reduce the population to about 800 ...
"The mute swans were introduced in the U.S. as captive birds to beautify private estates in the 1800s from Europe."
-- Tech Times | March 10, 2015
Two Swans
Oakland Pond had been closed to the public for a year while the New York City Parks Department re-landscaped the surrounding path.
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The park-going public likes swans. New York State environmental officials claim they crowd out native bird species.
"Currently, there are more than 2,200 mute swans in the Hudson Valley and Long Island regions. The New York State's Department of Environmental Conservation's wants to reduce the population to about 800 ...
"The mute swans were introduced in the U.S. as captive birds to beautify private estates in the 1800s from Europe."
-- Tech Times | March 10, 2015