{"id":154143,"date":"2024-05-03T15:15:59","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T19:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/rwddev\/?p=154143"},"modified":"2024-05-03T15:16:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T19:16:21","slug":"resident-welcomes-swan-sighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/resident-welcomes-swan-sighting\/","title":{"rendered":"Resident welcomes swan sighting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It looks like Skeleton Lake may have a resident swan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;What a thrill to see such a majestic bird here.\u00a0No sign of a mate but it would be lovely if one was sitting on a nest!&#8221; writes Carol Alanko.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Thousand Islands Association, the three swan species in Ontario are the Trumpeter Swan, the Mute Swan, and the Tundra Swan. The Trumpeter Swan and Mute Swan are the most commonly seen species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only the Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) and Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus), sometimes known as the Whistling Swan, are native to North America.<\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It looks like Skeleton Lake may have a resident swan. &#8220;What a thrill to see such a majestic bird here.\u00a0No sign of a mate but it would be lovely if [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1904,"featured_media":154145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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