In an update posted to their Facebook page on Friday afternoon, the City of Stratford said four of six missing swans have been located and retrieved.<\/p>\n
The city thanked \u201cexcellent tips\u201d, from the community. Three of the birds were returned to their winter quarters on Friday after being found upriver, east of Stratford.<\/p>\n
Another was recently found in a stormwater pond in the north end.<\/p>\n
A fifth swan has also been located at a nearby pond and will be retrieved shortly, the city said, and they are hopeful that the sixth and final wanderer will be returned soon.<\/p>\n
Earlier this week, Quin Malot, Parks, Forestry and Cemetery Manager, told MyStratfordNow that half a dozen swans went missing around mid-August and the city was concerned.<\/p>\n
Malot said staff looked in familiar haunts, water retention ponds and they placed social media posts. Weather and water levels in the Avon River were not factors.<\/p>\n
Swans wandered off before but not all at once.<\/p>\n