{"id":953,"date":"2013-03-06T11:44:13","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T16:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/?p=953"},"modified":"2021-01-14T13:35:56","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T18:35:56","slug":"spring-swans-territorial-tension-lake-ontario-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/spring-swans-territorial-tension-lake-ontario-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Swans Feel Territorial Tension on Lake Ontario Wintering Site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Trumpeter Swans at LaSalle Park in Burlington, Ontario are feeling the urge to get territorial as winter draws to a close. Several times while I was watching, minor spats flared up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/619TrumpeterSwansUpsetLaSallePkBurlingtonONonNaturalCrooksDotCom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-954\" alt=\"Photo of TrumpeterSwansUpset LaSalle Pk Burlington ON on NaturalCrooksDotCom\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/619TrumpeterSwansUpsetLaSallePkBurlingtonONonNaturalCrooksDotCom.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/619TrumpeterSwansUpsetLaSallePkBurlingtonONonNaturalCrooksDotCom.jpg 550w, https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/619TrumpeterSwansUpsetLaSallePkBurlingtonONonNaturalCrooksDotCom-200x132.jpg 200w, https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/619TrumpeterSwansUpsetLaSallePkBurlingtonONonNaturalCrooksDotCom-400x264.jpg 400w, https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/619TrumpeterSwansUpsetLaSallePkBurlingtonONonNaturalCrooksDotCom-453x300.jpg 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This patch of Lake Ontario isn&#8217;t where most of these birds will nest. It&#8217;s just their wintering spot. It gets crowded, though, and that probably makes the Trumpeters a bit more irritable.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/620TrumpeterSwansSettlingLakeOntarioMarchonNaturalCrooksDotCom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-955\" alt=\"Photo of Trumpeter Swans Settling Lake Ontario March on NaturalCrooksDotCom\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/620TrumpeterSwansSettlingLakeOntarioMarchonNaturalCrooksDotCom.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/620TrumpeterSwansSettlingLakeOntarioMarchonNaturalCrooksDotCom.jpg 550w, https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/620TrumpeterSwansSettlingLakeOntarioMarchonNaturalCrooksDotCom-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/620TrumpeterSwansSettlingLakeOntarioMarchonNaturalCrooksDotCom-400x226.jpg 400w, https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/620TrumpeterSwansSettlingLakeOntarioMarchonNaturalCrooksDotCom-500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The spats rapidly die down.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t actually see any feathers fly. I wonder: If a swan bites a swan is it goosed?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/628TrumpeterBitesLakeOntarioWinteronNaturalCrooksDotCom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-957\" alt=\"Photo of Trumpeter Bites Lake Ontario Winter on NaturalCrooksDotCom\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/628TrumpeterBitesLakeOntarioWinteronNaturalCrooksDotCom.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/628TrumpeterBitesLakeOntarioWinteronNaturalCrooksDotCom.jpg 550w, https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/628TrumpeterBitesLakeOntarioWinteronNaturalCrooksDotCom-200x114.jpg 200w, https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/628TrumpeterBitesLakeOntarioWinteronNaturalCrooksDotCom-400x229.jpg 400w, https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/628TrumpeterBitesLakeOntarioWinteronNaturalCrooksDotCom-500x286.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/627TrumpetersChaseLaSalleMarinaOntarioMarchonNaturalCrooksDotCom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-956\" alt=\"Photo of Trumpeters Chase LaSalle Marina Ontario March on NaturalCrooksDotCom\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/627TrumpetersChaseLaSalleMarinaOntarioMarchonNaturalCrooksDotCom.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/627TrumpetersChaseLaSalleMarinaOntarioMarchonNaturalCrooksDotCom.jpg 550w, https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/627TrumpetersChaseLaSalleMarinaOntarioMarchonNaturalCrooksDotCom-200x156.jpg 200w, https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/627TrumpetersChaseLaSalleMarinaOntarioMarchonNaturalCrooksDotCom-400x312.jpg 400w, https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/627TrumpetersChaseLaSalleMarinaOntarioMarchonNaturalCrooksDotCom-383x300.jpg 383w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Soon the Trumpeters will be sounding off as they fly to their summer breeding grounds. When the ice is out and the lakes and streams are open there will be more room for everyone to stretch out. Then they can go back to looking like serene monarchs surveying their domains.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Why do the Swans Have Huge Yellow Numbered Tags on their Wings in Southern Ontario?\" href=\"http:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/why-swans-yellow-number-wing-tags-ontario\/\">Why do the Swans Have Huge Yellow Numbered Tags on their Wings in Southern Ontario? <\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Join In<\/strong><br \/>\nHave you seen Trumpter Swans showing each other who&#8217;s the boss this winter? Please share your experiences with a comment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photos of some Trumpeter Swans sorting out who&#8217;s the boss at LaSalle Marina in Burlington Ontario in March. Decide for yourself: Did that swan just get goosed? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[25,100,96],"class_list":["post-953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-focus","tag-birds","tag-territorial","tag-trumpeter-swans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=953"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8265,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953\/revisions\/8265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}