Alymer Wildlife Management Area, Ontario, Canada - Best Place to Watch the Tundra Swan Migration in Spring

By the time we finished our UK trip and flew back to Canada, it was almost spring time! One of our friends sent me some pictures she took of the Tundra Swam migration at Alymer last year. We loved it! As it was the right time to observe these magificent animals, we drove to Alymer, Ontario to take part of this annual fantastic sighting.

The Tundra Swam's annual eastern migration is about a distance of 6,000 Km. There are approximately 160,000 Tundra Swams flying from the salt marshes in the Virginia/ Maryland States to Hudson Bay, Nanavut and the McKenzie Delta area.

Alymer Wildlife Centre is perhaps the best location in North America to watch the Tundra Swams up close. Last year, the Centre fed the Swams for 25 days as they tend to take rest at this location in their eastern migration route. The Alymer Wildlife Centre counted 41,564 birds last year, the total count of the daily count for the 25 days.

When we arrived at the Alymer Wildlife area, we were delighted there were two viewing decks opened to the public for free to view the Tundra Swams up close. We could see the swams well from where we were standing. We saw some swams with grey colured necks and leanred that these were young swams. When they get to three years old, the Tundra Swams would be grown and mature and hence their necks will be all white. It was an enjoyable and educational day for us! RT, Alymer, Ontario, Canada