Manlius, NY — Village officials last month met a state deadline by submitting a request to keep its mute swans on the Manlius Swan Pond. The application included a plan to allow the birds to breed.
Michael Bean, of Skaneateles, is a wildlife biologist and longtime caretaker of the swans in the village of Manlius swan pond. The mute swan is native to Europe and Asia. Humans met the mute swan ...