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 1294 posts ·

Re: seeking fertile eggs..... by: The Regal Swan

Hi Sakina: She probably would not incubate eggs that are not her own. Birds have a set number of eggs that they produce each time they lay eggs and they can count. There may be some type of odor,..

Re: Injured young swan rejected by family by: The Regal Swan

Hi Geri: If something is wrong with one member of the family, birds and animals will sacrifice the injured or sick member rather than have a predator reach out and kill all of the other members. The..

Injured young swan rejected by family by: Geri

A family of swans live in our lake....male, female, and five young swans that were born this spring. One of the young swans was most likely bit in the head by a snapping turtle while feeding. The..

seeking fertile eggs..... by: Sakina Bush

We live on a small lake with a lone female Mute Swan. (Her mate died and I heard after that she rejected a visiting male) In the Spring she sits on her non-fertile eggs for months! Some residents are..

Re: Mute Swan - injured foot by: The Regal Swan

Hi Barbara: The foot was probably amputated by a predator such as a snapping or soft-shelled turtle. She may limp, but as long as she is able to get up and down banks, then she can survive. Can she..

Mute Swan by: Barbara

There is a family of swans - mother, father and 3 babies on the pond by me. What I believe is the mother as she is smaller in size has a bad foot. It looks like something chewed off the first 2..

Re: injured left leg by: The Regal Swan

Hi Mary: You need to get him to an avian veterinarian to look at the leg. This injury could be anything from a severe sprain, a muscle or tendon tear or a foreign material in the bottom of the foot...

Latest Swan News at the Lagoon · See all 158 posts ·

fionas letter by: stephen

Recieved your letter this morning. Thank-you. Definetly need next season off. No hesitation about that. As to whether I want to help after next year, a lot can happen in two years. All I can say is..

Re: fence construction around the nest by: Sarah Michelle

Steve: I am so sorry for what happened to you. Of all the people who visit Lost Lagoon, you are one of the most caring, one of the most generous. I always see you as an angel. What happened is very..

fence construction around the nest by: stephen

I just had a most unpleasant experience involving the vancouver police. I did the tall fencing around the one nest WITH OFFICIAL APPROVAL.As no little ones were produced and mamma had abandoned the..

Re: Save Our Swans by: Sarah

I totally agree!!!!

Alerts · See all 29 posts ·

Killing of our male swan on Omena Lake by: queenie

Queenie: We moved your post to the Column "Ask The Swan Specialist". Your post is at the following link and the Regal Swan Foundation will reply under your post:

Swan Stories Worldwide · See all 29 posts ·

Baby swans! by: Neil

Look what we have in Salisbury UK, five baby swans, hatched a couple of days ago..enjoy!

Eggs by: Neil

Almost ready to hatch...

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..

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..