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At the Spring Retreat 2010 that we did for the regional churches, we hosted it at Berry College in Rome, GA, where they have a beautiful campus and, literally, a Swan Lake. Whenever guys started screaming and running the other way of which I was heading, towards Swan Lake to take a nice afternoon stroll, they were hollering that the swan there was chasing them, so this made me all the more curious. When I got there, I found the male Mute swan (that's a type of swan, but it can make noise; "mute" is an Old English word for white, so bear with me...) gliding on the water, peaceful and ever so graceful as nature willed. But when it went towards me, he was actually very friendly, until one of my new friends, Arbeys, and his friend Cody came up, (I named the swan Samuel already) the bird began to spread his feathers out, bluffing, to make himself appear much larger than he really was. It was then that they started running again, apparently falling for the trick again. Poor Samuel. Later, I found out that another of my newest friends, DJ, came to the lake too with one of his cousins, and his cousin, Zach, threw a pine-cone at the swan, making him upset...

WHAT IS IT WITH MEN AND MAKING FUN OF SWANS?!

The Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) is a species of swan, and thus a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is native to much of Europe and Asia, and (as a rare winter visitor) the far north of Africa. It is also an introduced species in North America, Australasia and southern Africa. The name 'mute' also derives from it being less vocal than other swan species. Measuring 125 to 170 centimeters in length, this large swan is wholly white in plumage with an orange bill bordered with black. It is recognizable by its pronounced knob atop the bill.

Description
At the Spring Retreat 2010 that we did for the regional churches, we hosted it at Berry College in Rome, GA, where they have a beautiful campus and, literally, a Swan Lake. Whenever guys started screaming and running the other way of which I was heading, towards Swan Lake to take a nice afternoon stroll, they were hollering that the swan there was chasing them, so this made me all the more curious. When I got there, I found the male Mute swan (that's a type of swan, but it can make noise; "mute" is an Old English word for white, so bear with me...) gliding on the water, peaceful and ever so graceful as nature willed. But when it went towards me, he was actually very friendly, until one of my new friends, Arbeys, and his friend Cody came up, (I named the swan Samuel already) the bird began to spread his feathers out, bluffing, to make himself appear much larger than he really was. It was then that they started running again, apparently falling for the trick again. Poor Samuel. Later, I found out that another of my newest friends, DJ, came to the lake too with one of his cousins, and his cousin, Zach, threw a pine-cone at the swan, making him upset...

WHAT IS IT WITH MEN AND MAKING FUN OF SWANS?!

The Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) is a species of swan, and thus a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is native to much of Europe and Asia, and (as a rare winter visitor) the far north of Africa. It is also an introduced species in North America, Australasia and southern Africa. The name 'mute' also derives from it being less vocal than other swan species. Measuring 125 to 170 centimeters in length, this large swan is wholly white in plumage with an orange bill bordered with black. It is recognizable by its pronounced knob atop the bill.