Close Encounters of the best kind

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• In 2008 the Trumpeter Swans return and raise 3 cygnets (hatched 5) (38)
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• 2012 : Trumpeter Swans return, hatched 5 cygnets, all were predated. Leg band confirms identity of female #933. (11)
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• 2014: Trumpeter Swans return - 5 cygnets hatched, photo of the last cygnet July 4, 2014. (6)
• 2015 Trumpeter Swans return & are 'down on their luck' even more so this year! Hatched 7 eggs, all cygnets predated (15)
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