People who love watching the swans return to the Yukon each spring are in for a special treat. Yukon Energy has installed a swan cam at North M’Clintock Bay on Marsh Lake. The camera gives the public an opportunity to view the trumpeter and tundra swans and other water birds in real time via the Internet at www.yukonenergy.ca.
“M’Clintock Bay is such a special place for water birds as they make a stop-over on the way to their nesting grounds further north. The fact that the Swan Haven Interpretive Centre draws thousands of visitors each spring shows how captivated people are by the swans,” Yukon Energy spokesperson Janet Patterson said. “But not everyone can view the birds in person. We wanted to make it possible for those who can’t visit the area to see the swans from a computer. It also gives Yukoners who are going to Swan Haven the ability to check the local weather before they leave home.”
“A couple of years ago we set up a salmon web cam at the Whitehorse Rapids Fishway,” Patterson said. “We had such a positive response that we decided to hook up a swan cam as well. We’ve been able to use some of the equipment from the fish cam, making this project very affordable.”
The swan cam will operate from April 1 until the middle of May. Watch for the salmon cam to be re-activated at the fishladder in June.
Contact:
Janet Patterson
Communications, Yukon Energy Corporation
(867) 393-5333
janet.patterson@yec.yk.ca
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