Update about the Trumpeter Swan I saw earlier in the week along Armitage Road. I posted about it in the Cayuga Bird Club Facebook group, so you can see the pics and certificate there. Even if you don't have a Facebook account, you should be able to follow this link and still see the photos: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cayugabirdclub/permalink/4551836878187425/
Here's what the certificate said: Species: Trumpeter Swan Sex: male Banded: 01/31/2021 Band number: 1959-03150 Z50 Age: Hatched in 2020 or earlier Location: Near Burlington Ontario Canada The last time I found a tagged Trumpeter Swan (on Mill Pond in Union Springs several years ago), I reported it and got the info back. I shared it then like I am doing now, and through Facebook I was connected with someone who works on that swan banding project! I shared this new tagged swan information with her last night and here's what she said: -- These are the sighting reports for Z50 we have on file, we don't know where the parents nest unfortunately. 12-Mar-2021 Burlington, LaSalle Park 43.302252 -79.843554 Halton Region 13-Mar-2021 Burlington, LaSalle Park 43.302252 -79.843554 Halton Region 19-Mar-2021 Burlington, LaSalle Park 43.302252 -79.843554 Halton Region 20-Mar-2021 Burlington, LaSalle Park 43.302252 -79.843554 Halton Region 13-Nov-2021 Savannah, Armitage Rd, E of Clintons Ditch 43.022345 -76.784563 Wayne County He has been off the radar so to speak from March 20 when he was last reported in Burlington, Ontario until just a few days before you saw him. It is possible the parents nest down there somewhere? The cygnets will often follow the parents back to nest locations but the parents can also leave them behind in the spring and the juveniles have to find their own way around. Nice to see he survived his first summer on his own. Hopefully he returns to Burlington this winter. Will have to wait and see. The primary bander on this project suspects they are far north nester because they always come early and stay late. Usually birds from Northern Ontario have this pattern. Such interesting information! If you missed my first post about it, scroll down, I included it. -- Alyssa Johnson Environmental Educator 315.365.3588 Montezuma Audubon Center PO Box 187 2295 State Route 89 Savannah, NY 13146 Montezuma.audubon.org Pronouns: She, Her, Hers From: Johnson, Alyssa Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2021 9:50 AM To: Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu Subject: tagged Swan on Armitage Yesterday I found a wing-tagged Trumpeter swan in the flooded field, south side of Armitage. I've seen this kind of tag before: yellow with black block characters. This one is "Z50". I reported it via the federal website The North American Bird Banding Program<https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/BBL/bblretrv/> and now I wait to find out more info! I'll post pics in the Cayuga Bird Club FB group. If you are unfamiliar with this process, anyone who recovers or who can read all the characters on the tag/band, can report it! It's a fun way to give back some important information and learn something as well. I'll update when I find out more about Swan Z50! -- Alyssa Johnson Environmental Educator 315.365.3588 Montezuma Audubon Center PO Box 187 2295 State Route 89 Savannah, NY 13146 Montezuma.audubon.org Pronouns: She, Her, Hers -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
