Speaking of large pugnacious birds....

Anybody know any tricks to intimidate swans or geese? Almost everybody knows geese have an attitude problem, but many folks don't know that swans, and black swans in particular, are meaner than any goose ever thought about being. Especially during nesting season. They will fold their wing and hit you with its "elbow" just like a basketball player throwing an illegal elbow at an opponent. The impact can be hard enough to break bones if the victim happens to be a child or elderly person. We have friends that own two pairs of the things and they have to carry lawn rakes around with them to fend the swans off in the summer. If they were mine, we would have had four roast swan dinners long before now.

Bruce