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swan
swan Any of several species of graceful, white or black waterfowl that nest in
n Northern Hemisphere and migrate
s for winter. Three species, including the Australian Black swan, live in the Southern Hemisphere. Most have broad, flat bills, long necks, plump bodies, and dense plumage. They dip their heads under water to feed on plant matter. Length: to 2m (6.5ft). Family Anatidae; genus Cygnus.
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SWANS STOPPING IN UTAH, MORE THAN 28,000 COUNTED ON NOV. 3
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/6/2008; 700+ words
; ...Aldrich says. "Compared to tundra swans, trumpeter swans are much less abundant." Swan hunting reminders Swan hunters are reminded...season closes, even if you don't hunt swans or take a swan. If you don't do these things, you...
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Swan says stepmom was victim of occult.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 7/23/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...his stepmother's murder, Christopher Swan testified Monday he had no part in the...different statements, two different times." Swan, 34, spent a bizarre 70 minutes on the...pronounced the longer his testimony continued. Swan is on trial for first-degree murder and...
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SWANS 'WHISTLING' IN LAKE GEORGE
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 11/12/1994; 700+ words
; ...week. The tundra swan is the smallest and most numerous of the swans native to North America...cousins, the trumpeter swans. They can be separated...range. The trumpeter swan is a western bird...the young tundra swan does not. Mute swans also tend to carry...
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Swan.(ORNITHOLOGICAL LITERATURE)(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Wilson Journal of Ornithology; 9/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...as human impressions of swans. Swan transformations (Chapter...also discusses uses of swans and swan parts from the 1770s to...century. Chapter 7 discusses swan conservation. The earliest legal protection of swans appears to have occurred...
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Royal Swan Upping 2008.
M2 Presswire; 6/19/2008; 700+ words
; ...about the history of Swan Upping, the welfare of mute swans and the habitat required...ask questions about Swan Upping and may view swans and cygnets at close...throughout the country about swan welfare and incidents involving swans, he monitors the health...
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Swans left with no water
Newspaper article from: China Daily; 11/26/2004; ; 501 words
; ...Yuan has been a full-time swan watcher. He lives only a kilometre away from the swan lake. "Swans live in this place. They have...introduce fresh water to save the swans. The renowned Rongcheng Swan Lake is surrounded by pine...
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SWAN MIGRATION IS UNDERWAY
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/8/2007; 685 words
; ...counted more than 10,300 swans there. The weekly swan surveys are usually flown...only hunters who can hunt swans are those who drew a swan hunting permit earlier...tundra swans, trumpeter swans are less abundant." Swan hunting reminders Swan...
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Swan sings love tune for boat's outboard motor.(Metro)
Newspaper article from: The Florida Times Union; 7/23/2000; 700+ words
; ...The Australian black swan is the most social of all swans, and in its native habitat...said. "To see this swan 10,000 miles from home...reading an account of the swan's amorous feelings...him I breed Australian swans and that I thought it...
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Swan Upping 2003 to check mink damage of Thames swans.
M2 Presswire; 6/27/2003; 700+ words
; ...protect the welfare of swans. Children from local schools will accompany the Swan uppers as they carry out...throughout the country on swan welfare and incidents involving swans; he monitors the health of the local swan population and advises...
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Swan Terrace serves a view of new residents.
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 9/28/2008; 700+ words
; ...went hand in hand. Named for the swans, the Swan Terrace has a view of the lake where...swimming beauties, and the two white swans arrived last month. While the Swan Terrace's name is legitimized , the swans themselves don't have names. So...
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Swans
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...and the trumpeter swan (C. buccinator...North America. Swans have a very long...Three species of swan are regular breeders...North America. Mute swans breed in ponds and...Some species of swans, including the trumpeter swan of North America...
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swan
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
swan swans have numerous legendary associations...Children of Lir were changed into swans by enchantment, and the Finnish belief that the swan sings once before it dies...corporation. See also black swan , all one's geese are swans .
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The Swan Silvertones
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
The Swan Silvertones Gospel group For the Record...and sophisticated vocal arrangements, the Swan Silvertones are remembered as one of the...Jeter ’ s departure in 1967, the Swan Silvertones carried on with occasional performances...
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Swan, Sir Joseph Wilson
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Swan, Sir Joseph Wilson (1828–1914...Sunderland and educated in local schools, Swan was apprenticed to a local pharmacist. In...scientific instruments department were soon added. Swan invented an improved photographic printing...
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Swan, Susan
Book article from: Contemporary Novelists
SWAN, Susan Nationality: Canadian. Born: Midland...University in Toronto, Canadian writer Susan Swan has produced three novels and two volumes...nineteenth-century Nova Scotia giantess Anna Swan (1846-1888), who was exhibited in New...
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