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A little known fact about our Peyton Place on Marina’s lagoon:

I can remember back when the San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts Lagoon in the Marina had at least 6 clipped-winged swans.  Several male swans from time to time would act more like ”speed boats” racing across the lagoon in hot pursuit for one of the female swans during the mating season.

Over the years, the flock has both multipled and shrink.  From time to time for the safety of the female swans, our swan steward has had to find other habitats for several male swans .

You can find the Judy Whilt, our resident swan steward, more commonly known as the ”Swan Lady” early most mornings as she walks around the lagoon attending to the swans.  Judy Whilt can tell the swans apart. She knows their ancestry and calls them by name.  Today there remains on the lagoon - a mother swan with her son, and her two daughters from several of her previous years of mating.    

A walk around the lagoon may seem pleasant enough for the casual observer, until one observes a “speed boat” race become a “drag race” with the mother swan and a daughter shoeing away her other daughter away from her advancing brother.  According to the “Swan Lady”, the 2 female swans have become jealous of the male swan’s (the mother’s son) attention of other female swan. 

Oh, the Peyton Place saga continues for those in the know on Marina’s lagoon.

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