With the illness and demise of her mate Stan, Wendy was tasked with raising her three cygnets. They two grey ones are "English Mute Swans" or "Royals". They will molt and be all white at one year of age. Read about this episode on the News Diary Page.
In an amazing testimony to their parenting skills, all six cygnets of Stan and Wendy became viable juveniles and were placed in pairs for what hopes to be a long and happy life. Clare and Greta, femal
Pippa, a 4 year old female, died of avian botulism toxin a few days ago. She was a sibling of Susie, and lost out to Susie for the affection of Sully. She had been solo for almost a year. I found Pi
Stan and Wendy performed their annual hatching, getting six babies in the water on Day 2, or May 4. For some reason, by Day 4 the flock was down to five. This is not unusual, with the likely cause b