If you : ‘drive “Song ‘the
‘Trans-Canada Highway or:
_ Highway’ in: 1 the: Kamloops °
area this winter, you. may”

have the unique opportunity
of watching flocks of

‘whistling ‘swans: feeding in
the lakes and streams along
the route. °°,

These: big beautiful ‘birds

are considered by specialists

-crown jewel. _

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“Reotic ‘and: winter ‘mainly ¢ on,
the - Pacific and:° Atlantic”
coasts of the United. States: :
‘The author - adds:' :
casionally has. -wintered” in
; Southern ‘British Columbia
(South. Thompson River. near res
 Chase)." ~e . a

To simplify n matters, “very
few trumpeters winter in
British Columbia. During the —
‘1978 January swan count,
mly-one out of a total of 152
swans was. identified as a
trumpeter.

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“During: ‘mild ‘winters, . the.
graceful | white ‘birds can
_ often: ‘be seen feeding i in. the:

1B Nicola: ‘Lake, near ‘Highway’
: -5; some. 11: kilometres north |
‘kilograms) the whistlers are. . Of Merritt. They also can be.’
- likely to be mistaken only for. seen’: ‘from. the” highway as.
they. feed in“ the ‘shallows -'

“their even larger cousin, the .
‘trumpeter swan. However, >pear:: the. historic. Quilchena -

- glen oa pose no real
roblem peeanse ¢ of the all-;

A YELLOW SPOT

‘Hotel, “where Quilchena’
. the whistlers have a
i According. “to “W. Earl distinctive yellow spot in creek flows into Nicola”
/ Godfrey - ‘in The Birds of front of their eyes that are. .

just, '
through; allow yourself some”, “Canada, the whistlers breed not common to the trum- Several bodies of open

extra’ a daylight Bme and: bring in Alaska and Canada’s low peters. water in the Kamloops area
Diamond Head is Hawait s An Aloha lei. greeting upon Cut out for

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‘also. attract. _the whistling
“swans. On their regular
survey that. takes place. on
the’ last. Sunday. ‘in- January,
members ‘of: the Kamloops
‘ Naturalist “Club count. the
birds.on the’ rivers: and lakes.
~ During their 1977 count they
. covered Kamloops’ Lake, the
South: Thompson’ and Little
Shuswap Lake and recorded

‘incl prescence of 65: ‘Swans,

trip: “through ‘Thompson

Senne. “and” you ‘home. -be

“Canada. ‘You: may just t be
lucky” eriough. to see.

hear — a flock. of- whistling
swans in their natural. winter
environment. ._—-

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