A Lone Swan is a Lonely Swan

Swans are Social Birds.
They Behave Differently with a Companion or Mate.

Swan will Live Alone – But….

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Lone Swans can be Captive or Feral.. They are Alone.
This Female Mute was a Discarded Pet.This Female Lived for Four Year Alone on the River.
Literally, “Out of the Blue” a Mature Mute Cob Flew into our River System.
He Found the Lonely Pen.. They Bonded Quickly.
It was Wonderful to Witness their Happy Union.
Now SunRise are Delightful.
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A Feral Male Swan on a Large River System.
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A Different River – A Different Female Mute.

After Several Weeks Alone she Disappeared.
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A Captive Breed Trumpeter Swan Travels Alone.
It took Weeks to Gain his Trust.
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    This Feral Swan was Alone for over Six Months.One of her Companions was Seriously Injured.
Her Other Companion was Shot.
During the Winter we Visited her with Food Every Day.
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After 23 Years Together …
His Brother Died.
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This Mute Cob is Full Wing…
He Flies from Pond to Pond..All over the Area.

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His Female was Full Wing – Flew Away.
Now he is ALL Alone on a BIG Pond.
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A Raccoon Killed his Female…They had been Together for Many Years.
He would Flirt when I came to Visit.
Lonely – He Walked Away from his Property.. Gone.
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This Mute Cob is Living Alone.
His Female was Shot.. He Never Accepted another Female.
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Sold with his Sister – Both had been Poorly Fed…
Severely Under Weight – She Died.
With a Proper Diet he becomes a BIG Health Cob.*****
This Cob and his Pen Share Years of their Lives Together.

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We Moved our Young Cygnet to his New Home.
We are Arranging for Two Females to Join Him.

His New Companions are Being Treated for an Illness.

There is NO Way to Tell this Very Lonely Cygnet,
We Hope they will be Well Soon.Finally Happy Together.

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A Companion Sister was Killed. Alone for Many Months
Finally A Companion.
But Not a Mate.
Yes, there are Two Swan on the Pond.
But they are Both Males.
This Relationship will be Troubled.

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This Young Female was Chased Away from her Family.
We Have No Way to Catch a Full-Wing Swan on the River.
There are Too Many Rocks and Shallow Place for a Boat.
Kayaks and Canoes are Too Slow.
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A Feral Male Swan Living Along a Local Creek.

A Feral Swan Wandering from Place to Place has little Support.After Months Alone he Disappeared.
This Mute Cob is Singing into the Air.
  Hoping Another Swan will Hear him.
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A Mature Rogue Female Swan Stole her Male.

We Moved this Young Female to a Safer Home.

In a Few Weeks she will be Introduced to a Male.
She will be a Happy Swan Again.They Nested the Following Spring.
We Lost this Beautiful Swan a Few Days Later.. Now the Cob was Alone Again. 

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This Female was Alone – Her Mate had been Killed.
She Welcomed a Young Male.
She has Company Again.

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These Females Lost their Male Companion-Mates.

This Female Mute Swan is Telling the Dock Post
“I Like You.”

She has been Alone for close to Two Years.

This Dear Female Died Alone.
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Several Days Ago.. Her Mate Died.

She is Alone for the First time in Five Years.

Alone No More.
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Not Pinioned this Young Swan Flew Away.
There are Ducks and Friendly People at the Marina.
Hunter Eventually Shot this Swan.

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Her Companions LEFT their Safe Pond.
She Sits Alone – Waiting for their Return.
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Even with Lots of Feathered Ducks – She was So Lonely.

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Her Female Companion Died – then Her Male Companion Died from Injuries.
This Young Pen’s Mate was Killed.
The Young Pens are Surprised to See Each Other.
We Brought Treats for the Girls.
Their Upper Necks are Puffed-Up with Happiness.
YEAH ! !
It Only took a Short Time for these Pens to Become Best Friends.
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 A Mute Cob is Facing the Winter Months Alone.

A Paddling of Ducks are his Only Companions.
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This Young Female was Alone for Over a Year.   “At least they have Feathers.”

We Introduced our Rescued Male and they were Great Company for each Other.

Some Lone Swans will Seek Companionship from Ducks and Geese.

They want to have Companions to Preen with – Sit with.

She is Nesting on an Island..  Fairly Safe.

A Female Nesting Alone is Very Vulnerable.
She will be VERY Vulnerable to Predators.

She needs to “Sits” for 42 Days before Removing the Eggs.

A Female Swan Nesting Alone may NEED some Extra Protection Around her Nest.
If She is Nesting on an Island.. that Helps.
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This Lonely Female Swan Shared her Food with the Pond Koi.
They Grabbed her Food – Gone in a Minute.
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A “Rogue” Female Swan took the Mature Male away from this Young Female…
Now she is alone.

We Started to Look for a New Male…. It took Time.

She wanted some Companionship.. Enter an Egret.

“Hannah” tried to Talk to the Egret – “Snort.”

They do not Speak the same Language…
Her “Snort” scared the Egret away.

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A Lone Swan will usually Look forward to Human Company.

Alone No Longer.. A Sweet Young Female joins this Older Cob.
Together they Watch a Family Wedding..
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This Mute Cob is Spending the Winter Alone.  We Tried to Rescue him.
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This Black Australian Cob has not Mate.

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This Young Male was Rescued from a Dangerous Situation.
He Spend his First Winter Alone.
This Pair of Ducks became his Favorite Companions.
The Following Summer he Welcomed a Shy Female Cygnet.
A Year Later they are Happy – Bonded.
Now Winter is a Wonderful Time of Year for Him.
They are Adorable Together.

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Sudden Loss of her Sister Companion.. She Still looks for her.

We Arranged for a Rescued Male to Join her Pond.
This Young Rescued Male was Full-Winged – Clipped Twice.. but he had WanderLust.

We can not Explain Property Lines to the Swans.
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Going into Survival Mode.

  A Week Ago we could Hand Feed this Young Female and her Sister.
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A Feral Swan Living Alone..  with Canadian Geese. They are Company… But.

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A Mute Cob Alone for Months Welcomes a Young Female.
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I have seen Lone Male Swans “Singing” up into the Air.
They are Calling – Hope to Locate Another Swans.
Especially a Female..

Winter Time Alone is NO Fun.  The Long Dark Night are Cold and Lonely.

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Their Happy Relationship was Short..
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These Three Mute Swans came onto our Local River System at Different Times.. Each Alone.
They Found Each other and formed a Threesome.
In April there were Two Feral Swans.

Swans are Very Different when they have Company.
In November there were Three Feral Swans.

Life is Better with Friends.
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This Information is a Work in Progress…..
As I learn more I will add to this information..
Compiled by (C) L.M.Sweger              Updates May 2021
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One Winter’s Visits with a Lone Feral Mute Swan
As Soon as She Saw our Van she Headed to Us.

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Several People helped Feed “Harmony” during the Winter.
She Trusted Us..

And we would Bring Good Food and Treats.
And some Companionship.

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A Gentle Feral Swan Living Alone.
We Tried to Catch her… No Luck.
In the End She was Shot to Death.

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