Hi all
I received this message from Don. We rarely see swans in the Top End.
Would anyone on the list be able to help him?
Thanks in anticipation
Denise L Goodfellow
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From: Donald Heintzelman <>
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 20:59:46 -0400
To: Denise Goodfellow <>
Subject: Re: Swan watching in Australia
Hi, Denise:
Thanks very much for your very prompt reply re: my request for info about
especially good Australian locations for seeing Black Swans. Yes, by all
means please do post my request on any listserves or chatlines you use in
Australia! That will be most helpful. I don't need a lot of info for each
site. Below are a few examples from Idaho of what I'm seeking to serve as a
rough guide.
* Harriman State Park, 18 miles north of Ashton, is in the center of
11,000 acre Harriman Wildlife Refuge?itself part of the Greater Yellowstone
Ecosystem. Look for Trumpeter Swans on Silver Lake during breeding season.
* Henry¹s Fork and South Fork of the Snake River where as many as 3,000
Trumpeter Swans gather during winter. Include are resident swans and many
migrating to the area from Canada.
* Camas National Wildlife Refuge, in eastern Idaho 38 miles north of
Idaho Falls, contains 10,656 acres of marshes, hay meadows, flat land, and
sandhills. In addition to migratory Tundra Swans, a wide assortment of
other waterfowl uses the refuge.
* Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge, in the northern tip of Idaho five
miles west of Bonners Ferry, contains 2,762 acres of creeks, ponds, rivers,
meadows, brush rows, fields, and wooded areas. It hosts migratory Tundra
Swans and various other waterfowl species.
* Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge is located in southcentral Idaho,
along 25 miles of the Snake River, 12 miles northeast of Rupert. Its 25,630
acres include part of the Snake River, Lake Walcott, bays, inlets,
marshes, islands, grassland, sagebrush, and sand dunes. Many waterfowl
species, including migratory Tundra Swans, use the refuge.
What's the situation regarding governmental regulation and management of
birds like swans in Australia? Does the federal (national government) have
some control, and some of the respective Terriroties also have shared
governmenta; invovement?
As a matter of fact, one of the many references I'm using in writing (with
Dr. William J. L. Sladen) my swan book is Janet Kear's excellent (and
expensive!) two volume DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS (2005. Oxford University
Press).
Best,
Don Heintzelman
Ornithologist and Author
Zionsville, PA
USA
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> on 8/8/10 6:38 AM, Donald Heintzelman at wrote:
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>> Hello, Denise:
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>> I'm working on a new book about swans of the world. Could you please send me
>> brief information about some of the better Australian (and New Zealand?
>> locations where birders, nature photographers, and the general public can go
>> to see Black Swans in the wild, and perhaps some other swan species not
>> native to Australia (and kept in captivity in public parks and such places).
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>> Thanks for any information you can provide.
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>> Best,
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>> Donald S. Heintzelman
>> Ornithologist and Author
>> Zionsville, PA
>> USA
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