Patiently Waiting For The Snow To Melt

The Trumpeter Swan was nearly hunted to extinction for its meat and feathers in the early part of the 20th century.  Thanks to the efforts of the Wye Marsh and other restoration programs to reintroduce this species to its former range in Ontario we can now once again enjoy their resonant bugling calls (hence their name) and witness their intense territorial battles in the spring.  There are many places close by Bluebird Meadows Bed and Breakfast to watch these magnificent water fowl.  Wye Marsh, Tiny Marsh, and just one mile east, within walking distance is a marsh that a pair return to every year to raise a family each spring.  Most days this pair will do a fly by the B&B and sometimes land in our fields to feed, eating the tender new shoots of grasses and grain.  Most of them stay the winter where there is open water, like the mouth of the Severn and Wye Rivers.  This shot was taken earlier this spring on the Severn.  Photo credit to Donna Tolmie.

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