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Article: SWANS 'WHISTLING' IN LAKE GEORGE
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- November 12, 1994
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DRAWING
Whistling or tundra swans nest in the arctic tundra and winter in the Chesapeake Bay area.
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Call it a whistling swan, call it a tundra swan. The fact is that nearly a dozen cygnus columbianus have been gracing Lake George in Whiting for the past week.
The tundra swan is the smallest and most
numerous of the swans native to North America.
Tundra swans nest in the arctic tundra and winter in the Chesapeake Bay area. Shallow lakes such as Lake George provide a safe haven in which the birds can ...