Photos by Barry Wallace
Mute Swans play hosts to Trumpeter Swans
The resident Mute Swans (Cygnus olor) at the Carrying Place Golf and Country Club on Weston Road, welcomed ten Trumpeter Swans (Cygnus buccinator) to the small lake in front of the clubhouse this past weekend. Their were four adult trumpeters and six juveniles. In the photo above the two Mute Swans are readily identified by their orange beaks.
The photo above shows an adult Trumpeter Swan with three juveniles which still have their grey feathers. The youngsters' grey feathers last through the fall, winter and spring before turning completely white in their second year. In the photo below, the two resident Mute Swans are swimming quite contentedly with one of the adult Trumpeters.
Two of the Trumpeter Swans (right) are displaying identification tags on their wings. The tags are part of a long-standing re-introduction program of the swan breed to this part of Canada, where they had disappeared many years ago.The program has been very successful.
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