Sunday offered amazing viewing of several thousand Tundra Swans along Greenway Road just North of The Lambton Heritage Museum! There was also good viewing along many of the side roads in the area – we randomly took roads around the area and in every flooded field there were hundreds of Swans. These striking beauties migrate from the south to the Arctic to breed each year. They breed on lakes and ponds in Alaska and Canada, preferring wetlands and lakes with long shorelines where they feed on plant matter (and some mollusks and arthropods).
During migration we are lucky enough to have upwards of 15,000 birds stop-over in Lambton County for anywhere from 15 to 30 days. They began arriving on March 1 so there should be good viewing for at least one more week. Normally the swans will start to dwindle in number as early as March 8 with most gone by the end of March.
If you have the time it is well worth seeing these magnificent birds resting before their long flight north!
