Mill Pond ~ Swan Update ~ 2003

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=460 BGCOLOR="#0099FF" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <I>Mill Pond ~ Swan Update ~ 2003 </I></div> <div> <I><B>Tip:  With Internet Explorer, press the F11 key for full screen viewing!</B></I></div> <div> <I>_______________________________________________________________</I></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="c95bc0d0.jpg" border=0 width="700" height="525" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> April 13th: Another long day on the nest and only about halfway through by now.</div> <bR> <div> All told, about fifteen hundred hours are spent on the nest to lay and hatch the eggs,</div> <div> and then another couple of hundred hours protecting the cygnets until their own plumage develops.  </div> <bR> <div>  <script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-379555-1"; urchinTracker(); </script>  </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=20 BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Links:</FONT>  <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Welcome to Marstons Mills"><U>Home</U></A> | <A HREF="map.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MarstonsMills.org Site Map"><U>SiteMap</U></A> | <A HREF="id317.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mill Pond Swan Update 2003 "><U>Chronology</U></A> | <A HREF="id321.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mill Pond Swan Update 2003 "><U>Previous Picture</U></A> | <A HREF="id323.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mill Pond Swan Update 2003 "><U>Next Picture</U></A> | <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Page new: June 4, 2003</FONT></div> </td> </tr></table></body>