{"id":5794,"date":"2010-04-04T20:03:45","date_gmt":"2010-04-05T01:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=5794"},"modified":"2010-04-04T20:27:48","modified_gmt":"2010-04-05T01:27:48","slug":"egg-hunt-who-needs-bunnies-when-you-have-swans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=5794","title":{"rendered":"Egg Hunt: Who Needs Bunnies When You Have Swans?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pair of Mute Swans (Cygnus olor) in Marion’s Spragues Cove<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

A pair of mute swans (Cygnus olor<\/em>) have taken possession of the Spragues Cove pools and have built a nest on an artificial island separating the second and third pools.<\/p>\n

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Mute Swan Leaves Nest on Artificial Island<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

As we explored the cove and its pools on Saturday, we spotted one of the swans taking a break from sitting on the nest.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Mute Swan Nest in Spragues Cove<\/em><\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

We carefully investigated the nest while the swans foraged out of sight, careful not to contaminate the nest with human touch and scent.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Mute Swan Egg with Quarter for Sizing<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Who needs an Easter bunny when you have a pair of swans to provide an oversized egg for the basket.\u00c2\u00a0 Unfortunately, we suspected the swans would not have accepted the egg back into the nest with chartreuse coloring.\u00c2\u00a0 So, we carefully disguised our presence before the pair returned to incubate the nest.\u00c2\u00a0 We watched closely to ensure that the swans accepted the egg and we returned again today, Sunday, to check again.\u00c2\u00a0 The pair continue to take turns incubating the egg.\u00c2\u00a0 Hopefully soon Turtle Journal will be able to document the newest member of the swan family for our readers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pair of Mute Swans (Cygnus olor) in Marion’s Spragues Cove A pair of mute swans (Cygnus olor) have taken possession of the Spragues Cove pools and have built a nest on an artificial island separating the second and third pools. \u00c2\u00a0 Mute Swan Leaves Nest on Artificial Island As we explored the cove and its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[654,826],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5794"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5794"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5818,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5794\/revisions\/5818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}