The Swans of Stanley Park

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 Swan 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 1753 posts ·

Re: Swan on nest by: The Regal Swan

Hi Cindy: Nature will not allow a species to unnecessarily sit and watch a nest if there is no change for viable young. This effort takes too much time, costs the parents, especially females a lot of..

Re: Touching a mute swan cygnet by: The Regal Swan

Hi Shaina: No, this is an old wives tale that mother's passed from generation to generation regarding the touching of young so that their children would leave wildlife alone. Birds do not have the..

Touching a mute swan cygnet by: Shaina

Hi, my neighbor told me that if you touch a mute swans cygnet(s) they will kill it. Is this true?

Swan on nest by: cindy

Hi, On my property is a nesting swan. She actually floated to my land during a rain and wind storm the day before easter in April... and has stayed on the property with the eggs she floated on my..

Re: female swan by: The Regal Swan

Hi. We are so sorry for your loss. Did you have a necropsy done? This is extremely important to insure that the other swan or a new swan dies not die from the same result. Otherwise you could be..

Re: female swan by: Aucker

Thanks for your help. Sadly she died the other day. I tried to read about swan health problems, but just did not have any luck finding the answers. She just did not give me enough warning that there..

Re: 1 month cygnet cannot walk/stand by: The Regal Swan

Hi Sonia: Sorry we just now got this email. Unfortunately, many things could be wrong with the cygnet and he needs to get to a vet as soon as possible. If he sprained his leg, he is going to need..

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 30 posts ·

Dial 311 for emergencies at Lost Lagoon by: Admin

The Vancouver Parks Rangers tell me that the new 311 number of the City of Vancouver can be used for emergencies at Lost Lagoon. For example: - If you see an injured swan, call 311 and ask to speak..

Swan Stories Worldwide · See all 34 posts ·

Re: Culling of Mute Swans on White Lake Michigan by: The Regal Swan® Foundation, Inc.

Hi Ele: The statement about Trumpeter Swans being just as charismatic as the Mute Swans is basicially speaking in circles. If a mute swan tears up vegetation, so will a Trumpeter Swan as all swan..

Culling of Mute Swans on White Lake Michigan by: Ele Goudreau

My name is not important, my voice to speak for those that cannot is. I am currently fighting a battle that I do not want to lose. Here in Michigan, there is a quest to shoot and kill adult Mute..

All grown up by: Heidi

I thought I would update with a picture of my Polish Mute Swan that I began photographing from birth all grown up at nearly 9 months old. Its been an amazing 9 months to see the 4 cygnets grow into..

Swans Through the Seasons · See all 114 posts ·

Royal swan fight by: Just trying to kill each other!

I got down to the Lagoon on Sunday Nov 27 and things were pretty calm - Tristan and Isolde came up to eat at this end. Then... Bijan came closer - he must have been pretty hungry, and decided he'd..

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..

Other Animals and Nature · See all 28 posts ·

Lion cub rescued by his mother by: Admin

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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..