Swan rescued from the ice today! (with pics)

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

I wonder if the swan was really frozen to the ice? If yes, she sure lost a few feathers by getting up! Poor thing!

[Freedom]

Aw, dear one, I do hope it is alright and will survive. Should do, now it is free, as long as there is plenty of food about.

Sometimes have to wonder about Mother Nature, turning on her own!

Those idiots, throwing stones at it! Two years back we had some kids throwing stones at swans in a local park, they hit several, killed one. Someone -- an adult -- who had tried to stop them with no success, took a video of them. So the police were able to identify them, and they were arrested. Good!

Kirsten, I bet you could sell those photos, give it a try!

[kuhio98]

I've never see it myself, but some of men I work with say that they have sometimes come upon swan and duck bodies who have been eaten by foxes after getting stuck to the ice.

So, that this Swan's story had a happier outcome.

[momcat]

What a relief to know that beautiful swan was able to free itself and swim away, hopefully to a well stocked food source.

[Emeraldgreen]

Those pictures are amazing! Thank you for caring about the swan and taking action.
I guess the rocks around the swan are from the kids that threw them at him. How awful, some of them are pretty big rocks. I hope he manages to get over his bruises and lack of feathers from where he was stuck and goes on to live a long wonderful life!

[Kirsten]

I guess the rocks around the swan are from the kids that threw them at him.

Yes, I guess so, too. I do not think the kids meant to hurt him, they just wanted him to get up, but he must have been so scared!

Kirsten

[pitc9]

Wow!! GREAT pictures!
Was he really frozen?
Did the people that came to rescue him ever even touch him???

Wow!
It's so wonderful that you got it all in pictures!