At 17:52 05/20/2008, Kye Jenkins wrote:
>Can someone tell me the story of swan 962,where can I find info?

Hi Kye:

Here ya go ...Fred Shaffer posted the message, below, after the bird 
was relocated at Schoolhouse Pond in Upper Marlboro.

Hope this helps.

Phil


>Date:         Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:03:24 -0400
>From:         Fred Shaffer <>
>Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Yellow wing-tagged Trumpeter Swan #960
>To:           
>
>This is apparently the same banded Trumpeter Swan that was reported to DNR
>on May 4th.  A Trumpeter with Tag Number 960 was reported at the head of
>Indian Creek near Benedict on May 4th, several days after the swan showed
>up at Schoolhouse Pond.  It is part of the same group of birds banded as
>part of the Ontario Wye Marsh Trumpeter Swan program.  This program has
>been working to reestablish Trumpeters in the Ontario area since the late
>1980s or early 1990s, and the bird have been successfully breeding in the
>wild in that area.  Some have even completed short winter "migrations",
>traveling to areas in the US and then returning to breed in the Wye Marsh
>area in the following spring.  The web site for Wye Marsh has a lot of
>good information on the program.
>
>Both Swan #960 and the Schoolhouse Pond Trumpeter Swan (tag number 962)
>are 1st year birds.  The Schoolhouse Pond Trumpeter Swan is still present
>daily, usually near the fishing pier/platform off Governor Oden Bowie
>Drive.  I enjoy hearing it vocalize on some mornings.  If the Schoolhouse
>Pond bird hangs around a few more months, I look forward to seeing it
>acquire its adult plumage.
>
>Fred Shaffer
>Patuxent MOS



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