[NatureNS] Tundra Swans sighted in Sussex, NB

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Hi all

Six tundra swans have been sighted in Sussex, NB.   They were last seen 
flying NE towards the Northumberland Strait so who knows if they drop down 
anywhere in Nova Scotia.  Keep your eyes peeled for them!   Liz

........
Tundra Swans  -  Sussex, NB

March 17 at 3:40 PM, they saw 6 TUNDRA SWANS (formerly known as Whistling 
Swan) in flight at Sussex. Doug/ Shirley Gibson of Fredericton described the 
observation thus:

we have a rare sighting for you. Six Whistling Swans. No black, all white, 
long necks, very large. Sighting @ 3:40 PM, March 17th., Sussex. And we are 
very familiar with the Lesser Snow Geese of the southern St.Lawrence, so 
there is no confusion there.

Sorry, no pictures. We were just out for a first-of-the season walk along 
the Sussex Nature Trail... Specifically we saw them from that major clearing 
south of Turnmill Lane. One swan ahead of the flock of five by about twenty 
yards or so. All flying due north before swinging to the north-east. Hard to 
judge altitude, but probably about 300 feet up. The sky was perfectly clear 
and a picture would have been a prize, but they were moving at speed, so I 
doubt that by the time we got the camera unlimbered, we would have had 
anything worthwhile. In a word, however, they were spectacular.

It's hard to say where these swans might be now. They might have stopped to 
feed  in stubble fields in the Sussex area, but perhaps more likely 
continued their flight towards the Northumberland Strait - Gulf of St. 
Lawrence coast and might be anywhere in northern or eastern New Brunswick, 
or P.E.I., by now.  Keep a sharp lookout for them.


David Christie
Mary's Point, Harvey, Albert Co., New Brunswick 

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