Black Swans Spotted in the Santa Barbara Harbor
By edhat staff
Edhat readers share photos of five black swans spotted in the Santa Barbara Harbor this week.
It's unclear how the non-native waterbirds arrived in Santa Barbara, but a local rescue team was able to corral the birds and assess them for possible treatment, according to John Palminteri.
Photo by Susan Lafond
Swan heart captured on Friday (Photo by Ginger1)
Photo by Connie Gillies
Photo by Connie Gillies
Photo by Connie Gillies
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May 06, 2021 04:52 PMThere's a long interesting story in the current issue of the Montecito Journal that's at various newsstands, such as Tri-Counties Market. Unfortunately, diSieno showed up at the harbor with crates and captured them. They were inspected at the SBWCN and are placed at a private residence, forever more to live in captivity. ...According to the story diSieno maintained that the harbor water was unhealthy. Not so, it is tested regularly and there are many birds there.
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May 06, 2021 12:27 PMI wouldn't trust Julia after that whole big thing came down.
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May 06, 2021 10:56 AMThey are in Solvang I got a call last night from Julia, she told me someone said that I reported she had killed one of the swans, I was half asleep and got bent about the whole thing anyway she told me they were in Solvang I don't know anything...
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May 06, 2021 10:27 AMhow unusual!
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May 06, 2021 09:27 AMAre they still there? It says that "a local rescue team" (the SBWCN?) assessed them, which sounds as though the "team" took them away.
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May 05, 2021 09:11 PMSome jerk that lives on a boat in the harbor started this bs rumor all 5 swans are doing fine in their home away from home no one hurt any of them..I never posted anything about the swans..
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May 05, 2021 09:04 PMSomeone is starting rumors that I stated that someone killed one of those swans I did not do that I don't start rumors nor talk shit about other people it just isn't nice. I have the names of one of the people involved.
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May 05, 2021 08:26 PMSo beautiful.
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May 05, 2021 03:40 PMThe last photo looks like love at the launch ramp. I bet they just ate hot dogs from the mini-mart.
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May 05, 2021 03:16 PMI saw them there. They were tame—people were walking within a few feet of them, and they weren’t bothered at all.
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May 05, 2021 12:48 PMSo pretty! Where did they come from? Escape from a Montecito mansion?