Bart Bear's Blog

Here's a photo of Dad being naughty and stupid. He is down by the lake feeding swans. Now you might think that that is OK, the swans certainly do, but really it is not a good thing to be doing. Swans eat water weeds and algae. They can get stuff that's one metre deep in the water because their necks are so long. I guess to a swan an old codger with free bread scraps is a bit like an ice-cream van is to kids. Whenever you go near the lake there are always swans swimming hopefully along near the edge trying to look hungry. If you actually feed them something swans come from everywhere to see what's being given out. This is not a good thing for the swans because their tummy is not built to handle people-type food and they can get very sick as a result. So if you see swans looking at you with a hungry, pleading look in their eyes just remember that the best thing you can do for them is not to feed them.

Labels: birds, Canberra