Some of the wildlife you can find here.
Bank of Tundra Swans on Ice. Photos by Nature Photographer Pam Hirst at PKH Photography. Writing by Freelance Content Writer and Travel Blogger Meghan Hirst at Meghan Hirst, Writer.
Tundra swans! They also received the name "whistling swans" during the Lewis and Clark Expedition in the U.S. in the 1800's. My mom comes to Whitesbog Village every winter to get photos of these animals. Literally hundreds of them flock here and hang out in the frozen cranberry bogs :O You can spot them from November through March, but they are most active in the middle of December and the middle of February through March. These swans are one of the three species that reside in North America. The other two are trumpeter and mute. If you want to hear exactly what tundra swans sound like, you can listen to clips on Audubon.Org. Just type "tundra swans" in the search bar. They are pretty loud!
Some of the other animals that you can spot here include red and gray foxes, bats, northern water snakes, and Pine Barrens treefrogs.
Speaking of treefrogs, something totally bizarre happened last Saturday: a gray treefrog got stuck between our front door and storm door! It was huddled on the frame looking scared :( I guess it thought it was trapped. My dad opened the storm door from outside and gently nudged it with a paper towel. It immediately hopped into the grass (yay!) We definitely did not expect to be rescuing a frog that day! My mom was so caught off guard by it being there that she did not get a photo.
We will be discussing the trails in Whitesbog next!
Have you ever seen tundra swans?
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