The Swans of Stanley Park

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Welcome to The Swans of Stanley Park and to their home, Lost Lagoon, in Vancouver, Canada. We hope this site will bring you closer to this most special part of the wildlife through the year, and will delight as well as inform. Don't miss our Ask The Specialist board where our visitors from around the world are welcome to ask questions about swans to the Regal Swan® Foundation. Also, see a close-up of our mute swans and life around them. Scroll down to see the latest messages of our 6 message boards and our swan slide show.

Ask the Swan Specialist · See all 1070 posts ·

Re: Feeding swans by: The Regal Swan

Hi Kerry: Yes, you can feed them a mixture of 1/2 cracked corn and 1/2 poultry layer pellets. Also, give them lettuce. You can feed them a little bread, but not a lot as bread can change their blood..

Feeding swans by: kerry

Hi, there are some swans near to where i live and i would like to know if there is anything that i can feed to them ? Thanks for your help \-|">

Re: white swan with dark young swan by: The Regal Swan

Hi France: Most Mute swans are Royal although neither color variations are rare. Because the designation of Polish Mute is just a leucistic coloration, many Royals will pair with Polish Mutes and..

Re: white swan with dark young swan by: France

Thank you very much for your reply.. what you told me was very clear and gave me the answer to the question I asked... now I have another question.. Will the Royal Mute be accepted by the mute flock..

Re: white swan with dark young swan by: The Regal Swan

Hi France: The mute swan cannot produce a black cygnet because these are two different species of swans. However, the coloring of a cygnet from a mute parent can be a very dark gray color which..

Re: Need a Male Swan by: The Regal Swan

Hi Carol: There is no guarantee that the lone female will pair up with another male, but you can try. In fact, she may try to pair with a wild swan if they are flying into the area. If you still want..

Need a Male Swan by: Carol Pike

Good Morning, I live in Indianapolis on the White River. A few years ago a pair of White Swans (clipped) took up residence on the River. This past summer the male swan disapeared, and the female swan..

Swan Stories Worldwide · See all 27 posts ·

Home For Sale---The Swan Conveys by: Patricia Licata

What prompts life's journeys can be most unexpected. My now one-and-a half-year journey with Carl, the lone mute swan, began on my first viewing of a home for sale at a lake community in April of..

3 swans at our office in Maryville, Illinois, USA by: David

This article (link below) covers the current situation here in Maryland as it stands.... by: Lisa

Alerts · See all 28 posts ·

re missing swan on the Chelsea Creek by: patty

I have been caring for this swan named gus since april of 2009 daily feeding and fresh water The tide freezes up and Im worried I have not seen gus in ten days I do not know what happened if any one..

Latest Swan News at the Lagoon · See all 149 posts ·

Re: sleeping swan by: Fiona

Hi, Barb! I'm happy to report that all 10 swans are lively and seem to really be enjoying the rain, even though they're rather soggy and stained at this time of the year. Swans do love to doze! If..

Swans Through the Seasons · See all 113 posts ·

Mama & Papa Swan's Adventures by: Swans 10 - Raccoon 0

Mama and Papa Swan sailed proudly along the channel at their end of the lagoon. They have enough feathers to look regal, as long as Papa doesn’t try to raise his wings too high – they ARE still a bit..

Summer Swans by: It Isn’t Easy Being Green

Today is cool and raining, and although that doesn’t put a smile on many visitors’ faces, it’s a happy fleet of swans we see scattered across the lagoon, bouncing on the windswept waves. During the..

Summer Swans by: Help! Extreme Makeover Needed

It’s early summer and most of the Lost Lagoon swans are slipping into their just-kick-back-and-relax look, but some take that fashion much farther than others. First, it’s the season when they root..

Summer Swans by: Mama Swan Back to Her Routines & Some Fun

With Mama Swan completely off the nest and back to her normal routine, her appetite’s slowly returning and she’s enjoying lots of leisure time on the water. That is, if you can count pedaling at top..

Swan Senior in Fine Feather by: ......for now

With molting season getting under way, it’s a frayed fleet of swans that cross the waters of Lost Lagoon these days. Even the King and Queen – Precious and Marika – are slightly tattered. The only..

Other Animals and Nature · See all 27 posts ·

Jean Sibelius, La Valse Triste: Animation of a House Cat by: Of poignant and somber beauty.

I guess most of us somehow felt like that one day. This animation helps understand others, including cats. Suggestion: Treat this animation - which has an open end for the cat - as a lucid dream by..

Netherlands Horse Rescue 2006 by: With the wonderful music of Vangelis

October 31th 2006: More than one hundred horses were surprised by a heavy storm in the northern part of the Netherlands. 18 horses drowned, the rest of them got stuck on a very small island. People..

Burrowing Owl Recovery Program, BC by: Burrowing Owl Conservation Society of BC

ABOUT US: We are a non-profit society whose members want to help with the conservation of species and habitats in BC. Our members come from many backgrounds. Some are scientists, others have business..