The beautiful single cygnet at Henry’s Pond has disappeared. Did anyone by chance see what happened?
May 28, 2015
May 30th, male, or cob on the left, female pen on the right, cygnet tucked between the two
June 7th, adeptly preening, or oiling its feathers.
Anytime is nap time.
June 12th early morning, last sighting.
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The beautiful single cygnet at Henry’s Pond has disappeared. Did anyone by chance see what happened?
May 28, 2015
May 30th, male, or cob on the left, female pen on the right, cygnet tucked between the two
June 7th, adeptly preening, or oiling its feathers.
Anytime is nap time.
June 12th early morning, last sighting.
Good Morning Gloucester 
Sadly so many young of waterfowl do not make it.
So many animals predate on them.
Out of all the birds I rehab, waterfowl I never feel bad about them being desperated from their parent or parents.
So few survive to even begin to grow feathers.
All mine get a head start on life
Jodi
Cape Ann Wildlife
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* separated!
Stupid spell check
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Oh noooo!! I literally can’t handle all of the dying baby bird stories on GMG lately…I am going to have to take a break to cheer myself up! :-O
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Paradise here! You know how secure feels next to mom eye’s closed and what a pillow! 🙂 Dave & Kim 🙂
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So sad that they only had the one. I have been sorry to see no swans at Niles Pond this year, or even that many ducks.
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Hi E.J. Just a theory–but one reason they may have only had one is because the mother is so young. In early spring she still had a tinge of brownish cygnet feathers. But as Jodi said, waterfowl are so predated upon, in all stages of their lives.
Also re the Niles Pond swans–a friend who lives on the Pond said she saw the swans arrive but that it was frozen solid! Niles Pond thawed much more slowly than than the smaller and semi-salt water ponds in our region. So when Henry’s was completely thawed, Niles was rock solid and still covered with a think layer of snow, making it impossible to nest and forage.
I hope the Niles Pond pair return later this summer, with cygnets!
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Beautiful photos, Kim, as usual.
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Thank you Leslie and so good to hear from you!
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