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Hunters looking for plumage and meat almost eliminated the North American population of trumpéeter swans. Luckily certain isolated areas in the Rocky Mountains and Alaska were spared and conservationists have been striving to build on these numbers. Today, there are more than 15,000 trumpeter swans in Alaska but only a couple of thousand in Canada and the U.S. Wye Marsh lost track of this particular family of swans until they showed up in LaSalle Park in Burlington just before Christmas and when that harbour froze, they moved to Bronte. Kingdon has been caring for them ever since, often braving bitâ€" "Trumpeter swans are truly Canadian," she says. "We‘re reâ€"introducing them here. They‘re indigenous to this area." Kingdon is raising two of her own for release into the wild at her farm in northern Ontario. "These birds were almost on the brink of extinction in Ontario," says Kingdon, adding that it is the first time in 200 years that two trumpeter swans raised in captivity have had a family in the wild. wans are elegant; they are poetry in motion, says Beverly Kingdon. Kingdon, a Burlington resident, has had a love affair with swans since she was eight years old and that is why winter visitors to Bronte Harbour have seen her twice â€" and sometimes three times a day â€" feeding cracked corn to eight new waterfowl visitors. The ‘foreigners‘ â€" six trumpeter cygnets and â€" terly cold temperatures to increase their chances their parents â€" have come from Midland‘s Wye â€" of survival. Marsh Conservation Area and it is a grand homeâ€" ‘"They‘re still dipping and eating and that‘s our coming of sorts. main nhiantiva iA usmcs in uy Back from brink of extinction Woodstock crash claims 4 yearâ€"old girl By KATHY YANCHUS Oakville Beaver Staff Trumpeter swans welcome visitors A Metroland Community Newspaper Vol. 32 No. 29 Beverly Kingdon feeds some of her ‘friends‘ 'Zmazéfiwtgmm/(/? Mewspaper "CCNA Better Newspapers Competition 1993 : swans were on brink of extinction. As the cygnets grow, they will lose their dusky feathers and become white but although their color may be the same, there are significant differâ€" ences in personalities between triumpeter and mute (See ‘Swans‘ page 2) The female actually visited this area a year ago with two of her siblings. Experts are hoping that because she brought her family back this winter, she has established a migration pattern, instinets difficult to pass on in a restoration program, says retired biologist Harry Lumsden of Aurora who has studied swans for many years. "They got to know me so well. I would wave my arms every time I arrived and they caught on to the arm movements," says Kingdon, who often couldn‘t see the swans when she arrived but after waving her arms "they would circle me three times in the air" and then land at her feet. Since Boxing Day, Kingdon has missed only two days, this past Saturday and Sunday, and interestingly enough, the brood disappeared Monday only to reâ€"appear Tuesday. ‘They re still dipping and eating and that‘s our main objective, to allow them to hve in the wild. We just want to help them out a bit," says Kinedon. (Photo by Peter McCusker) on April 13th. Both are scheduled to app-ear in Oakyille Young Offender Court A 15â€"yearâ€"old male was charged with mischief and a 14â€" yearâ€"old male was charged with mischief and breach of probation. Two male teenagers were arrested after a pellet gun shot was fired through the basement window of a North Service Road apartment, Tuesday afternoon. Halton Regional Police said the window of the basement apartment was broken causing $60 damage. No one was injured. Police were called and two youths were found a short disâ€" tance away from the area. "I wholeheartedly believe it," said Kuntz, following Tuesday‘s board meeting in which the board adopted a series of recommendations (See ‘Morale‘ page 7) Teens charged after pellet gun fired OTMH president blames economy for bad morale Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital president Dieter Kuntz believes the tough economic times more than the particular style of runâ€" ning the hospital is the cause of low morale at the hospital. 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