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Photo: Swan on the Tonawanda

By Howard B. Owens

A reader alerted us Saturday that she had seen a swan on the Tonawanda Creek earlier behind Settler's. Sure enough, we found this big white bird hanging out with the geese.

Rich Richmond

Swans are definitely one of my favorite birds as are ducks and blue herons and to see them in the wild does my heart good.

Edna St. Vincent Millay wrote:

I looked in my heart while the wild swans went over.
And what did I see I had not seen before?
Only a question less or a question more;
Nothing to match the flight of wild birds flying.
Tiresome heart, forever living and dying,
House without air, I leave you and lock your door.
Wild swans, come over the town, come over
The town again, trailing your legs and crying!

Jan 27, 2013, 12:39pm Permalink

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