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Mute swans were introduced to North America in the mid-1800s to decorate parks and estates, and later brought to Michigan in 1919. These captive swans escaped and established a feral population. With their numbers growing quickly, this non-native invasive species is causing conflicts and damage across the state.
The exotic Mute Swan is the elegant bird of Russian ballets and European fairy tales. This swan swims with its long neck curved into an S and often holds its wings raised slightly above its back.
Mute swans are one of the world’s most aggressive waterfowl. Very territorial during nesting and raising of young. Drive out native waterfowl and other wetland bird species from breeding areas. Birds at risk include state threatened trumpeter swan and common loon; native ducks, and Canada geese.
All four species of swans found in North America have been spotted in Michigan. They are the Mute Swan, Trumpeter Swan, Tundra Swan, and Whooper Swan. This guide will help you identify the types of swans spotted in Michigan with pictures and identification guides and uses data collected from bird watchers on ebird to give real information about ...
The range map depicts the boundary of the species' range, defined as the areas where the species is estimated to occur within at least one week within each season.
Natural Resources. Mute swans (Cygnus olor, Figure 1) are an invasive species originally brought to the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for ornamental ponds and lakes, zoos and aviculture collections.
Mute swans were introduced to North America in the mid-1800s to decorate parks and estates, and later brought to Michigan in 1919. These captive swans escaped and established a feral population.
