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| Here at our zoo, we
have one tundra swan. His
wings are clipped so he cannot fly away and leave the zoo. He
does enjoy spending time with our zoo's mute swan and can
sometimes be spotted with the mute swan by the upper
pond.
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| Tundra swans, also
known as Whistling Swans, are huge birds; in fact they are one
of the largest native waterfowl species in North America
. They are about 4
feet tall and have an almost 6-foot wingspan!
Tundra swans breed in the frozen tundra of Canada. They migrate
through Wisconsin every year on their way to their wintering grounds on the
Atlantic coast. Tundra
swans are grazers and like to eat grass and underwater
vegetation. Their
numbers are increasing through North America.
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Tundra Swan Range in North America |
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| For more information,
please visit the Cornell Lab of Ornithology http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Tundra_Swan_dtl.html. |
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