The picturesque “wedding swan” can now be legally shot in California year-round, without a license. Under a bill signed into law this month by Gov. Gavin Newsom, the mute swan has been added to the ...

All around the house, blackbirds sing at the crack of dawn, the flock waxing and waning in size, gathering new members and losing others as they flit, flirt, pair off and wander away to find their own ...

SACRAMENTO - State legislation signed into law earlier this month will allow invasive mute swans to be taken or possessed at any time by those with a valid California hunting license beginning Jan. 1, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Hunters will soon be allowed to kill mute swans as part of an effort to cull the “destructive, non-native” species ...

Mute swans have jumped from about 1,500 in 2022 to 12,000+ and threaten Delta wetlands. A bill would let hunters and landowners shoot them; it passed the Assembly and awaits the Senate, drawing animal ...

Six mute swans were brought to Lakeland from Chicago to diversify the Lake Morton swan flock. A local pilot donated the flight, echoing a similar swan transport in 1957 when Queen Elizabeth II gifted ...

In early morning at Little Swamp Sanctuary in western Midland County, we can see the far shore of the wetland, almost one half mile away, through a path of trimmed open space where we have a seep or ...

Manlius, NY - Two swans have been removed from the iconic Manlius Swan Pond because one of them “was becoming aggressive,” according Manlius Village Mayor Paul Whorrall. The male and female mute swans ...