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Location:

Children's Trail - across from spectacled owl

Black Swan

  • (M) 3/9/2003

  • (F) 4/11/2013

Identifying Features:

History:

  •  In 2015 we exchanged female swans with the Santa Barbara Zoo.

  • Our female was a sister to the male and we could not breed them. 

More Information:

  • The male Swan can become aggressive while defending his territory, the female and/or a nest.

  •  Black Swans generally nest in the winter (Ours are not a breeding pair).

  • State emblem of Western Australia

  • Monogamous breeders and often mate for life

  • Introduced in many places as ornamental bird in 1800s

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