Swan Lake and Gardens is basically a swamp! The water is shallow, filled with Cyprus trees and the water is now smothered with duckweed, a tiny small 2 lobed plant the size of a pin head! Its not a good plant to have in a LAKE...as it cuts out sunlight from reaching the bottoms of the lake bed. When wild birds fly from one lake to the other they can transport this weed on their feathers and feet so it gets moved around pretty fast and it grows like wildfire I put some in my wee water garden and its now filled and clogging my pump!
Swan Lake has a large collection of swans....they roam and swim openly through out the park...although I don't see any fly...so I'm assuming the wings are clipped some way that makes me sad, I go to see the other wildlife that fly in and out of the area it is a Wildlife area too. And the swans are beautiful, and well cared for. We had a nice cool day for a change so we wandered around and enjoyed what we saw!!!
The Green Anole
the Belted Kingfisher
Always a fun place to visit.
PEACE
Eleanor Roosevelt: You must do the thing you think you can not.
Great pictures. Love the sculpture
ReplyDeleteAmazing, all the different types of swans. That looks like a unique place.
ReplyDeleteThat sculpture is crazy! I like it. Interesting to see all the random swans together, even if they're not "wild" so to speak. Beautiful flowers too.
ReplyDeleteOh, my goodness, what an awesome place. Wetlands are my favorite habitats. Just look at all those beautiful photos! And I suppose, if you have to put something manmade right smack dab in the middle of it, a wing works better than some ugly modern art sculpture. There are so many invasive species of plants taking over everywhere!
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