Trumpeter Swans

[Axeman]

Recently, 4 Trumpeter swans alighted upon a pond on my road, near my home.

Seeing Trumpeters during the migration is not unheard of in this area but certainly does make my day. These 4 stuck around for a few days and then as silently as they appeared, they disappeared. For about a week. And then they were back for 2 days. I have no guarantee that it was the same 4 swans but...my gut feeling is that it was the same gang of 4. I"m just curious where they would have vanished to and why come back. I suppose Luther marsh is not a crazy distance away but I figure if they were making a stopover, they'd rest up and continue -- why go back and forth?

[Freddie]

There are a great many Trumpeter Swans "spots" in the area south and east of the Luther Marsh. Also there are more but not as many to the north west. At this time of year they have started to move around and gather to socialize, fatten up for winter and move towards their wintering sites.

I maintain the various data bases for the Ontario Trumpeter Swan Restoration group in which we have some 190,000 sighting reports from as far north as James Bay, west to Minnesota, south to North Carolina and east to Nova Scotia.

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Please consider reporting any sightings to .... trumpeterswan@live.com  ..., or through the Wye Marsh or Trumpeter Swan Society websites.

Cheers, Gary

[Axeman]

Thanks! I will report from now on.

[Axeman]

And just an fyi, the pond is northwest of Luther....I'd say 40 km given that it takes about a half hour to get there on 80 km / hr roads...it's not a large pond....