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Hello birders,
The Trumpeter Swan Society is interested in hearing reports of
wintering Trumpeter Swans in Minnesota. Due to the warm weather this
winter with all the open water, groups of Trumpeters are more dispersed
this year than usual. The Monticello wintering site has many fewer
swans than in previous years, averaging this winter between 300-500
birds. There are 200+ swans at Three Rivers Park District swan refuges
at Baker and Lake Rebecca Park Reserves (where a handful of captive
swans are kept) and ~ 250 birds on the St. Croix River near Hudson.
Typically, there are ~ 400 swans on the Otter Tail River near Fergus
Falls. 110 + Trumpeters are wintering in Arkansas, and there are
assorted groups of swans wintering in Iowa, Oklahoma, and Missouri.
Cygnets stay with their parents during the first winter and are still
quite gray at this time. Trumpeter Swans are also often decoyed in to
the ponds maintained by private waterfowl hobbyists.
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We would appreciate hearing from birders in their travels around the
state if other locations with swans are noted.
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Thanks,
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Madeleine Linck
The Trumpeter Swan Society
12615 County Rd 9 - Suite 100
Plymouth, MN 55441
763-694-7851
Fax: 763-557-4943
t...@threeriversparkdistrict.org
www.trumpeterswansociety.org
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Society is interested in hearing reports of wintering Trumpeter =
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Minnesota. Due to the warm weather this winter with all the =
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water, groups of Trumpeters are more dispersed this year than =
usual. The=20
Monticello wintering site has many fewer swans than in previous =
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averaging this winter between 300-500 birds. There are 200+ swans =
at Three=20
Rivers Park District swan refuges at Baker and Lake Rebecca Park =
Reserves (where=20
a handful of captive swans are kept) and ~ 250 birds on the St. Croix =
River near=20
Hudson. Typically, there are ~ 400 swans on the Otter Tail River near =
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Falls. 110 + Trumpeters are wintering in Arkansas, and there are =
assorted=20
groups of swans wintering in Iowa, Oklahoma, and Missouri. Cygnets =
stay=20
with their parents during the first winter and are still quite gray at =
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time. Trumpeter Swans are also often decoyed in to the ponds maintained =
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private waterfowl hobbyists.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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hearing from birders in their travels around the state if other=20
locations with swans are noted.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=3D879505819-04012007><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>Thanks,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Madeleine =
Linck</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The Trumpeter Swan =
Society</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>12615 County Rd 9 - Suite=20
100</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Plymouth, MN =
55441</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>763-694-7851</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Fax: =
763-557-4943</FONT></DIV>
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href=3D"mailto:t...@threeriversparkdistrict.org";>t...@threeriversparkdist=
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<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>www.trumpeterswansociety.org</FONT></DIV></SPAN></DIV>
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