For info go to [ Ссылка ] time you're taking a leisurely stroll around Brookfield Zoo's tranquil Indian Lake, you may notice five new additions: trumpeter swan chicks. The young birds, also known as cygnets, hatched on May 28, 2010, and can be seen with their parents during regular zoo hours.

If you're a bird watcher and you want to see them, don't procrastinate! After Labor Day, the swans will be transported to Iowa as part of the state's Trumpeter Swan Restoration Program. Since 2002, the Chicago Zoological Society has been a participant in Iowa's program and has assisted in releasing 17 birds, not including this year's clutch. Prior to that, Brookfield Zoo participated in Minnesota's Department of Natural Resources Trumpeter Swan Restoration Project by providing 10 eggs and 28 cygnets between 1984 and 1992.

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