u/Blujeanstraveler

On August 11, 2025 I photoed and videoed a beautiful tagged Trumpeter Swan On my Trail Pond It, was a great catch. I wouldn't have believed that the same trumpeter swan showed up yesterday August 15. It was the very same swan with the tag U69

I was lucky enough and perhaps astute enough to get positioned near the pond behind some cover As it moved over And I've got some great close photos. This year I again position myself near the exact same spot without being noticed and U69 came over to the pinpoint same spot protected in the corner of the pond, one year and four days later.

I contacted Wye Marsh sanctuary, https://www.wyemarsh.com/ (as suggested by Google AI), where they track the movement of all tagged birds, I am very excited to hear from them to get a low down on my new transient neighbour and find out what brings him/her back to the exact same spot on almost the exact same day. I walk the trail system every day all summer, and know what it going on. For each visit U69 spent the day on the pond looking relaxed and in charge, and the next morning it was gone, I wonder where it has gone, are they really that predicable?

Although the photos are taken a year apart they look almost identical But I can assure you they are time stamped to one year apart and I have several other long-range photos an