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	USGS Release: Satellites Help Scientists Track Migratory Birds: GPS the Latest Tool in Fight Against Avian Influenza ...
		The whooper swans drew increased attention after large numbers perished in Mongolia in 2005 and in western China in 2005 and 2006 in areas where few poultry are present.
		The whooper swan locations are being updated twice weekly on a project webpage (www.werc.usgs.gov/sattrack/) that also includes access to the data in Google Earth format.
		Whooper swans were captured by the international team in early August on the grassland steppe of far eastern Mongolia, near the borders of Russian and China.
	www.usgs.gov /newsroom/article.asp?ID=1547 (0 words)

	Swan (bird) - MSN Encarta
		Its counterpart in the Eastern Hemisphere is the whooper swan, which has a large yellow patch on the side of the bill and a differently shaped trachea.
		The fl swan, a red-billed bird that resembles the mute swan in shape, inhabits Australia, and the fl-necked swan is confined to southern South America.
		The mute swan is classified as Cygnus olor, the trumpeter swan as Cygnus buccinator, the whooper swan as Cygnus cygnus, the tundra swan as Cygnus columbianus, the fl swan as Cygnus atratus, the fl-necked swan as Cygnus melanocorypha, and the coscoroba swan as Coscoroba coscoroba.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761574136 (466 words)

	sociology - Swan
		Whooper Swan, Cygnus cygnus breeds in Iceland and subarctic Europe and Asia, migrating to temperate Europe and Asia in winter.
		Trumpeter Swan, Cygnus buccinator is a North American species very similar to the Whooper Swan (and sometimes treated as a race of it), which was hunted almost to extinction but has since recovered: it is one of the heaviest flying animals, at up to 17 kilograms (38 pounds).
		It is a common misunderstanding that all swans in England are the property of the Crown; and therefore to kill one is an act of treason.
	www.aboutsociology.com /sociology/Swan (731 words)

	Swan
		Whooper swans visit the north and west of Britain in large numbers, arriving in the late autumn and remaining until the spring, when they fly on up to their breeding grounds in the Arctic.
		Mute swans in some parts of Germany and Scandinavia migrate from their inland breeding lakes to spend the winter along the Baltic coasts, where the weather is less severe.
		The distance the swans have to fly depends on how cold the winter is. In milder winters, the birds may stay on their breeding lakes, the movement of their paddling feet preventing the water from freezing over.
	www.yptenc.org.uk /docs/factsheets/animal_facts/swan.html (1014 words)

	Whooper Swan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Whooper is the Old World cousin of the Trumpeter Swan, breeding across the entire northern Palearctic.
		It is the noisiest of all the swans, constantly calling "hoo, hoo, hoo" while in flight.
		Unlike the Mute Swan, it tends to carry its neck stiffly erect.
	www.feathersite.com /Poultry/Swans/BRKWhooper.html (122 words)

	The Cygnus Enigma
		The whole swan mystery arose from the fact that the fields near Newgrange provide a wintering ground for a large flock of Whooper Swans which migrates to Ireland from Iceland for the winter months which are warmer in this country.
		The Whooper Swan population was first officially recorded at Newgrange in the Winter of 1966/67, but both Whoopers and Bewick’s were recorded feeding on large open meadows and bogs in Co. Meath in the last century.
		All the Whooper Swans which visit Ireland are from the breeding population in Iceland.
	www.mythicalireland.com /cygnus/index.html (555 words)

	Whooper Swan - Cygnus cygnus - Cygne chanteur
		Whooper Swans have a yellow and fl beak, a more rigid neck bearing in activiy as well as at rest, and, finally, their wings produce a musical sound when they fly.
		There are two ways to differentiate them: the Whooper Swan is much bigger, with a longer neck and a more angulous head, and the beak's yellow/fl layout is different.
		In winter, Whooper Swans can be more often found in agricultural plains, close to the coast or more inside in liable to flooding plains.
	www.oiseaux.net /oiseaux/anseriformes/whooper.swan.html (867 words)

	Black Swan \| Animal Facts \| Fresno Chaffee Zoo (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Swans are the largest of all waterfowl and are divided into two groups based on how they swim.
		The fl swan is the closest relative to the Mute Swan and swims with the same arched neck and raised elbows, creating the classic swan look.
		Swans have some 22 to 25 vertebrae in their necks (geese have less than 20) and the added length allows them to reach a deeper substrate when puddling in the water.
	www.fresnochaffeezoo.com /animals/blackSwan.html (821 words)

	Ladywildlife's Trumpeter Swan Page
		The trumpeter swan is a close relative and North American counterpart of the Eurasian whooper swan.
		The swan pecks at bankside and water vegetation as it swims by.
		Swans are wasteful feeders, often uprooting whole plants for the sake of a few leaves.
	ladywildlife.com /animal/trumpeterswan.html (863 words)

	RTÉ Radio One, Mooney Goes Wild, Documentaries
		In this the final programme in the series, John focusses on the Whooper swan, which is one of three species of swan that occur in Ireland along with the Mute Swan and the Bewick's swan.
		The adult Whooper swan is white with a yellow bill that is usually held parallel to the water.
		More distinctive to the Whooper swan though is it's distinctive voice of a resonant hoop-hoop revealing the reason that swans so often evoke passion and affection.
	www.rte.ie /radio/mooneygoeswild/documentaries/birds.html (741 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Bird flu swan was from outside UK
		A dead swan found in Fife which tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu was a whooper swan, DNA tests by government scientists have found.
		A number of migratory whooper swans have recently been checked in the UK and all results have been negative.
		The whooper swan is known to migrate from Iceland, Scandinavia and northern Russia to spend winters in the UK, the Low countries and the south Baltic Sea.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/4898398.stm (0 words)

	Sumter's Swan Lake Iris Gardens
		Bland in the late 1920's, the Australian Black swans have been in residence the longest, and some of the birds living in the garden at present are their descendants.
		These Swans are the most social of the swans and during the breeding season will often nest in loose colonies.
		The Bewick swan is native to Northern Russia from the Kanin Delta to the Lena Delta.
	www.sumter-sc.com /VisitingUs/SwanLake.aspx (1454 words)

	Tundra Swan
		The adult Trumpeter Swan is very similar to the adult Tundra Swan but it is slightly larger, has a straight culmen, the bill has no yellow spot, the eye is enclosed by fl, and the white feathering on the head extends in a v shape into the dark bill.
		The Trumpeter Swan is a native of the interior portions of North America, historically nesting and wintering from the upper Mississippi Valley west and north to central Alaska.
		The swans on the Arctic coastal plain of Alaska are part of the Eastern Wintering Population of the Tundra Swan, which winters around the Chesapeake Bay south to the Carolinas.
	www.kwic.com /~pagodavista/schoolhouse/species/birds/tundswan.htm (1064 words)

	Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo - Whooper Swan
		Whooper swans are the national bird of Finland.
		Whooper swans are very large in size, between 55-70 inches tall, with up to an 8-foot wingspan.
		Whooper swans may not migrate as far north as some other species because of the long development period of their young.
	www.beardsleyzoo.org /teachers-parents/animal.asp?mc_id=136 (587 words)

	BBC - Radio 4 - Migration
		Whooper Swan, HUC (Huck), was located on the 25 January near the south-east coast of Sweden, about 25 km east of Kristianstad.
		Whooper HUC (Huck) is still moving about near the coast of south-east Finland this morning, despite the cold frost which we thought might move him on.
		The whole swan migration project was gripping and the programme during which the swans were caught, tranmittered (?) and released was entrancing.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio4/science/migration_eyes.shtml (4485 words)

	Birds of Iceland: Cygnus cygnus, Whooper Swan
		A point has to be made here: the very common mute swan in Europe has been introduced from eastern Asia during the medieval ages and, as is normal to to domesticated members of the duck-family, lost the ability to migrate.
		The natural whooper swan however is a migratory bird.
		Whooper swans breed all over Iceland where it is possible to make nests near/along lakes and rivers with ample vegetation.
	www.iceland-nh.net /birds/data/Cygnus-cygnus/cygnus_cygnus.html (250 words)

	canadian goose geese control \| swan rental \| swan purchase \| Knox Swan and Dog LLC (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This swan breeds in Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and on the Falkland Islands.
		Semi-domesticated in Europe for centuries, the Mute Swan is recognized as a symbol of grace in myth and legend and was the species Tchaikovsky chose to immortalize in the ballet Swan Lake.
		Young swans travel with their parents for at least one year and learn the detail of the route and staging posts at which feeding is possible.
	www.canadiangoosecontrol.com /learn_about_swans.php (857 words)

	Whooper Swan
		Whooper Swans made a comeback and now they nest all around Finland..
		Whooper Swans breed in Iceland and the north of Europe and Asia.
		A young whooper swan is a bit greyish.
	homepage.mac.com /lsippu/PhotoAlbum19.html (217 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Error forces rethink on bird flu risk zone (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A whooper swan, of the type found to have been carrying bird flu in Cellerdyke, Fife, which is not native to British shores.
		DNA tests on the bird showed that, rather than being a resident mute swan, as officials at first believed, it was a migratory whooper swan, which may have carried the disease around the UK.
		Mr Milne stressed that any reported findings of dead whooper swans anywhere in Britain were being investigated as part of the surveillance procedures already in place and that no others had so far tested positive.
	news.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=556522006 (946 words)

	Mute v whooper swans from Guardian Unlimited: News blog
		The migratorywhooper swan has a straight yellow beak, the native mute has an orange beak with fl lump between the eyes.
		DNA results reveal that it now turns out to be a whooper swan Cygnus Cygnus, not Cynus Olor.
		Whooper swans migrate to Scotland from Iceland and northern Europe - they are Finland's national bird.
	blogs.guardian.co.uk /news/archives/2006/04/11/mute_v_whooper_swans.html (670 words)

	ANIMAL Teachers: Winged Ones: Whooper Swan
		Although Whooper Swan has been replaced in places by the newcomer, Mute Swan ((Cygnus olor) introduced from Asia in the 1100s) He remains true to Europe.
		As the Ancient Swan of Europe, He migrates from Iceland and the Far North to England and Ireland to raise his Young.
		Whooper Swan connects people to the ancient mysteries of gods and men.
	www.funkman.org /animal/bird/whooperswan.html (295 words)

	Romania Whooper Swan Deaths Raise H5N1 Concerns
		The above comments suggest the number of whooper swans dead in Romania was high.
		These multiple reports ofdead whooper swans is of interest, because most of the H5N1 positive dead birds at Erhel Lake in Mongolia were also whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus).
		If whooper swans were dying in Romania several weeks ago, then they were probably dying in other European countries.
	www.rense.com /general67/concern.htm (179 words)

	Whooper Swan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The WHOOPER SWAN is a very rare vagrant anywhere in North America, and only a very few have reached California.
		All records are from the Klamath Basin or the Central Valley with flocks of Tundra Swan in winter.
		This bird was a 'stake-out' that Rita and I chased.
	www.montereybay.com /creagrus/CAlistWHSW.html (274 words)

	Whooper Swan at White Lake, California (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Whooper Swan had moved further east, but was still with the same flock at White Lake.
		The other Whooper Swan was said to be obviously larger with even more yellow on the bill.
		Another Whooper Swan photographed at White Lake 19 February 2001 appears to be of the larger bird with more extensive yellow on the bill.
	fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us /~jmorlan/whsw1.htm (541 words)

	Whooper Swan Migration: Press Release Photos
		Whooper swans on a lake in eastern Mongolia.
		Satellite tracking movement path of one whooper swan leaving its breeding area in northeastern Mongolia on August 23rd and crossing into southern Russia where it has since occupied several lakes near the small town of Kubukhay (inset).
		Four whooper swans have left their breeding grounds in northeastern Mongolia, three of which migrated north across the Russian border in late August.
	www.werc.usgs.gov /sattrack/whooperswan/pressrelease.html (0 words)

	Whooper Swan - Whatbird.com
		Whooper Swan: Large, white swan with fl and yellow bill; broad, yellow patch covers at least half of upper mandible.
		The global spread of H5N1, commonly known avian influenza or bird flu, reached the United Kingdom in April 2006 in the form of a dead Whooper Swan found in Scotland.
		The yellow markings on the bill of the Whooper Swan are like human fingerprints; they are all different.
	identify.whatbird.com /obj/297/_/Whooper_Swan.aspx (823 words)

	Failure to identify swan highlights need for better data
		UK Government officials have confirmed that the H5N1-positive swan discovered in Cellardyke, Scotland was a Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus, not as previously thought a Mute Swan Cygnus olor.
		In contrast to the mainly resident/sedentary Mutes Swan, Whooper Swans are migratory.
		H5N1 was confirmed in several Whooper Swans in the Baltic during February and March.
	www.birdlife.org /news/news/2006/04/H5N1_swan.html (452 words)

	Picture of Dolphin, Crested Ibis, Whooper Swan and Peacock, as Chinese Papercuts.
		Chinese papercuts of the swan and peacock show contrasting colors of feathers.
		The Whooper Swan spends its winter in the south but flies north in the summer to hatch its eggs.
		"Whooper Swan" spends its time in the north and south of China.
	beifan.com /041papercuts/page02.html (769 words)

	WWT Swan Migration Satellite Tracking Project
		Migration routes used by Whooper Swans nesting across Russia have never been described and their key stop-off points are unknown, this study will give vital information on where the birds go in winter.
		About 7 000 Whooper Swans migrate to Britain from their breeding grounds in Iceland every winter, with a further 13 000 migrating to Ireland.
		One satellite tracked Whooper Swan was blown off course by strong winds and took 42.4 hours to fly from Scotland to Iceland.
	www.wwt.org.uk /swan (275 words)

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