Recent content by Tundra Swan

Hello Guys, I will attempt to post a series of letters regarding Tundra Swans, Trumpeter Swans and Mute Swans that I wrote to the CWS last summer that may be of some interest to you. These letters were in addition to the more formal letters that were submitted earlier. I will also provide you...

Hello Guys, A thought came to mind one night a few days after posting my previous post ... so a small correction is in order. The waterfowl season in Ontario was extended by two (2) weeks back in 2008 (thereabouts) with the Black Duck season still closing on December 21 (thereabouts) since we...

Hello Lazywave, Thank you for your post ... received my e-mail package the other day. I missed last year's AGM as I just had surgery the day before. Jerome

Hello OCLP, All jurisdictions in Canada and the United States (not sure about Mexico at this time) are limited to a waterfowl season that cannot exceed 107 days. However depending upon the waterfowl population dynamics within each of the four (4) flyways the waterfowl season may be restricted...

Hello Guys, Has any date been set for the LPWA 2025 Annual General Meeting yet? I know of a few guys who are considering joining the LPWA this year. Jerome

Hello Guys, It is cold ... last night the temperature dropped to -12.0 C at one point before returning to -5.0 C by sunrise. Not seeing many birds other than the Sandhill Cranes ... a hardy bunch they are. Has anybody been ice fishing yet? Jerome PS Yes ... there were thousands of Sandhill...

Hello Guys, The ice has been building up in thickness and extending out from shore over the weekend resulting in most of the inner bay being covered by ice this morning. There were several large flocks of Sandhill Cranes roosting on the thicker ice in Coletta Bay and out in the inner bay this...

Hello Guys, The ice started to form again over Thursday night (-4.0 C) and into Friday (-1.5 C) but there was not much to report on at that time. Most of the outer portion of Zone A was free of ice however there was some thin ice in the bay with Blinds 38, 39 and 40 as well as in the bay with...

Hello Guys, The "heat wave" that arrived a week ago has left us. There is no ice to be seen anywhere (from what I can observe) and I assume that would include the interior of Zone A given the mild temperatures this week. The temperature has just dropped to below 0.0 C about an hour ago for...

Hello Guys, The "heat wave" arrived Friday night with a mild low of 4.0 C followed by a Saturday high of 11.5 C by the afternoon resulting in the inner bay becoming free of any ice except for a narrow strip along the north shore. The Port Rowan harbour was now essentially free of any ice...

Hello Guys, There is not much to report on ... the temperatures have been holding out at about 2.0 C during the days and -0.5 C during the nights ... more or less. The inner bay is "opening up" more but again mostly in the center and towards the north shore. There is still some ice along the...

Hello Guys, The temperature got up to 5.0 C later in the afternoon yesterday melting most of the remaining snow here and the overnight temperature only dropped to -0.5 C. The inner bay "opened up" a lot overnight but mostly in the center and towards the north shore. There is still some ice...

Hello Guys, The milder weather (as forecasted) has moved in as the temperature rose to -4.0 C during Sunday night and then reached 2.0 C for most of yesterday. I drove to Port Rowan yesterday afternoon and noticed that there is a thin layer of ice within the Port Rowan harbour with patches of...

Hello Guys, It is getting colder ... the temperature remained below freezing yesterday and then dropped to -9.0 C by midnight, to -12.0 C by 0600 hours and -15.0 C by 0800 hours this morning before rising back to -10.0 C by noon. The inner bay (after recovering a little bit yesterday due to...

Hello Guys, I recently read in Wildfowl Magazine that the State of Wyoming is currently working on introducing a limited (tag only) Tundra Swan season in the near future. Jerome