Swan Talk. There are several kinds of swan communications in this video taken at a swan wintering ground. A single trumpeter swan flies in overhead. That is unusual as trumpeter swans usually fly in family groups. Why is the swan alone? It may be separated from it mate or family or the usual sub-adults it travels with (there is no way to tell how old a swan is once it turns white its second summer). Is it flying in to find its family or its mate? That is possible, but we don’t know. As the lone

Tundra Swan Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

A trumpeter swan pair comes in for a landing- let’s try that again A trumpeter swan pair flies overhead, preparing to land on water. This is a swan wintering area. One of the pair lands, lowering its large feet as it prepares to land on the water. The other swan decides that landing now is not the best option. It circles overhead, then comes in for its own water landing. You can hear the scattered greetings from the trumpeter swans below. Fun Swan Facts! Did you know that trumpeter swans are the

Six swans with GPS collars are spending the winter at Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge in northwest Missouri. They join hundreds and often thousands of trumpeter swans that winter there. Four of the GPS-collared swans are from Minnesota, including swan 2R featured in this video. The two other swans with GPS collars at Loess Bluffs include Manitoba swan (collar 1H) and Iowa swan (collar 5C). These GPS- collared swans are adding vital scientific knowledge of swans to help in their management

Listen: Trumpeter swans honk at Red Rock Lakes NWR

We thought you would enjoy this very peaceful #MomentofZoo with the trumpeter swan cygnets and their parents at the Marsh Pond. Trumpeter swan cygnets grow quickly during their first summer. When they hatch, they weigh around 7 ounces, and by 9 to 10 weeks, they are fully feathered and weigh around 20 pounds. They won’t be able to fly until they are around 14 to 15 weeks old. Due to habitat loss and overhunting, the species almost went extinct. The Prospect Park Zoo, Bronx Zoo, and Queens Zoo ha