WHISTLING SWANS RETURN TO JACK MINER SANCTUARY.
Two thousand white whistling swans, one of the rarest wild bird species in North America, have arrived at the Jack Miner bird sanctuary, Kingsville, Ontario. The great white birds have been soaring in from the south and settling on the lake shore beach at the bird sanctuary. In 1916 the white swan was practically extinct in North America, and only the efforts of Miner, aided by the Canadian Government, saved them from extermination. Jack Miner, the “bird philosopher,” his three sons and provincial and Dominion game wardens, patrolled the beach to prevent any molestation of the swans.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 24, 1 July 1931, Page 16
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104WHISTLING SWANS RETURN TO JACK MINER SANCTUARY. Forest and Bird, Issue 24, 1 July 1931, Page 16
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