Baby swans hatch behind library in Lyndonville

By Ginny Kropf, correspondent Posted 30 April 2024 at 7:17 am

Bryan McDowell of Lyndonville, lead pastor at Oak Orchard Assembly of God on Ridge Road, submitted this photo his wife Whitney took of two swans and their newly-hatched babies behind the Yates Community Library in Lyndonville.

LYNDONVILLE – Bryan McDowell, his wife Whitney and their children often take walks down to the pond behind Yates Community Library.

They have been keeping an eye on a mother swan, which has been sitting on her eggs for a number of weeks, while the male swan keeps a close watch from nearby.

On Monday, Pastor McDowell was working when his wife and kids walked down and discovered some of the eggs had hatched.

“Our 3-year-old daughter Aurora said, ‘They are so cute, I wish I could pet them,’” McDowell said.