Trumpeter 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

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

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