G'day All,
Every so often we see pair of black swans on one or other of our dams and always with a mob of tiny cygnets 'in tow'. Now, two of our dams are fenced off from stock and provide plenty of cover and wading areas for all sorts of birds, e.g. plover, snipe, coots, even the odd pelican or two, etc. to live and breed, but we've never seen a broody pair of nesting swans on those protected dams. The swans we have seen have come to visit with their newly hatched broods and rarely stayed for long, often being gone the next morning. What I don't understand is how they go from dam to dam with the cygnets and avoid foxes, cats, hawks and so on. I know that an angry swan is potentially a serious 'opponent', but how are the tiny little fluff-balls transported safely across country? I've done some research but cannot find any information.
Jim