FINDING THE MAJESTIC
One of the easiest things to do is to get in the car and go somewhere to find Majestic.
I don't care how you define Majestic, but Webster says that it is something that is stately or grand.
OK, I'll go along with that but might add that it is something that you see just after dawn that takes your breath away and you remember for some fifty years or something like that.
OK, I'll go along with that but might add that it is something that you see just after dawn that takes your breath away and you remember for some fifty years or something like that.
Alright, we have all seen these guys in parks and playlands. But this one is wild.
Wild!
Sometime not so long ago someone brought a few of these Mute swans to the Chesapeake bay and they took hold. However, they do destroy the habitat. They eat all the grasses, including the roots, in the bay. And then they hit the winter wheat in the fields. The problem is, they pull the whole plant out and of course it cannot grow back.
Still when seen in the early morning light and you are alone with them.....well, they are something else!
This stunning cignet was found on Assataeague Island in Virginia.
They like the Chesapeake and have multiplied freely!
Here on Hooper Island
Mute Swans on the Chesapeake can be found most places on the Eastern Shore as Eastern. Primary places to search are Eastern Neck Island, the Choptank River, and Hooper Island. It is worth the trip to go and seek them out.
It's amazing that such a large bird is so graceful in the air. You can even hear their wings whistle as they fly overhead.
Another Chesapeake memory!
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