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G'day all,
Here is another email I received
highlighting the problems of Swans that land in a fenced padocxk away from a
large expanse of water.
Regards,
Bob Forsyth, Mount Isa, NW
Queensland.
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"I go back
about 65 years, to when I found a black swan in a small paddock segment leading
to a stock dam.
The poor bird had tried for take off but the
paddock, enclosed in netting, was too small, and all it did was to hit against a
fence. I caught and picked it up, and carried it about half a mile, as
distances were then, and put it on a lagoon which had water in it.
It was there for an hour or two and then took off successfully.
I was
about 7 or 8 at the time, and it was a big, heavy bird. I carried it under one
arm, with its head resting on an outstretched hand. That was drought
too.
Such is elderly recall. I was pleased it
survived."
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