Milk Calendar Notes

The Whistling/Trumpeter Swans

Every Spring I watch for

the Whistling or Trumpeter Swans

to land in the field across the road,

on "Ivan Brunk's" field as we still call it.

Ivan and Dorothy have been gone

for many years but we still refer to that farm as such.

My Milk Calendar says that a few years ago they

arrived in early March.

There has been no sign of them for a few years,

perhaps because that field had crops other

then corn?

On Easter Sunday the farmer noticed 

they had arrived - hundreds of them!

It looked like a huge snow drift from a distance

and it sounded like there was a party going on

with cheers of Whoo Hoo.

Such magnificent birds - they're huge when

you get up close and personal!

These magnificent Eastern migrating birds fly

from the shores of Maryland and North Carolina

and are on their one way approx. 4,500 mile trip to

the N.W.T.

They take their time and feed in the open corn fields

along the way as Spring advances.

I made a note in my 2013 Milk Calendar
(which holds all my appointments, birthdates,
special events etc.) 
to watch for them again next year!
I hope that field is planted with corn again this Spring.

Safe travels as you head North,
over the prairies and
on to the MacKenzie River Delta  ......

Till next time......checking the calendar for this weekend's events (Elmira Maple Syrup Festival, Fund Raising Chicken orders due, Stratford's Swan Parade, Marie's birthday, Mark's birthday, etc.)