Perth Voice Interactive

BLACK swans at Lake Monger have accepted a refugee white swan into their midst.

Voice reader Ken Gibbons let us know the mute (white) swan’s been there about two weeks, likely up from the Avon River colony in Northam where conditions can get pretty dry. He says it appears quite at ease with the local natives, despite standing out.

There’s a small flock of about 80 whites near Northam said to be introduced by a Russian settler, Oscar Bernard, (who became the mayor) back in the early 1900s. It’s the only place where the birds survived to naturally breed in the wild.

If you go and have a gander at whitey don’t feed it: bread’s terrible for their guts.

by DAVID BELL