In the fall of 2002 a young trumpeter swan and an adult swan, presumably its parent, were seen on the creek that serves as an outlet for Big Portage Lake east of Backus. Neither bird seemed injured; ...

GOOSE LAKE, Iowa - A trumpeter swan, released into the wild as part of an initiative to reintroduce the bird to Iowa's landscape, is recovering from a wing amputation after she was shot. Authorities ...

Each day, we view the swamp from an overlook that Joe built which we call “The Hide." This name came from his tours in England, where they typically use the word "hide" for a small bird watching ...

Feb. 23—Even if you weren't looking for them, there is no way you could miss all the swans on The Flathead River, especially between Dixon and Paradise. Those white bodies stand out on the water as ...

Iowa bird enthusiasts have had ample opportunity this winter to observe the state's largest and - many would say - most striking avian resident, the trumpeter swan. Once extirpated from Iowa, the ...

In winter, about 10 phone calls a day come into the Audubon Center at the Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary, near Alton, from folks hoping to see swans. “Some days, it’s nonstop,” says the center’s ...

A doctoral student at the University of Minnesota, David Wolfson is leading a multi-year study to fit about 40 trumpeter swans across the state with GPS tracking collars this summer to learn more ...

North America is home to two native swans, tundra swans and trumpeter swans. Both nest in the high Arctic. Both migrate south for the winter. But according to published range maps, neither winters ...