>Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 17:36:17 -0400 >To: GAIL@UMDD.UMD.EDU >From: Dexter Hinckley <dhinckley@igc.org> >Subject: Swans in August > >Hi Gail, > >Are you the one who has a swan-loving friend >coming to town in August? I could not tell >from the messages in the Osprey archive. > >Anyway, the best place for swans in the area >is Airlie House, which has an environmental >studies program and many species of swans. >They are trying to train Trumpeter Swans to >migrate to & from upstate New York. Also, >they are doing some interesting cross-breeding >studies (which I thought had been supplanted >by DNA testing!) > >Your best contact: > >Donielle Riningel >540-341-3239 >fax 540-349-4236 > >I have already talked to her and she would be >willing to set up a visit for your friend. > >Aloha, > >Dex Hinckley >703-354-1342 >