On a late January morning at the Skagit Delta, a photographer 'shot for the shadows' due to the extreme backlighting on these ...

Most water-loving birds fly south for the winter, but an open-water oasis in Monticello, Minn. entices a large number to stick around.

(KCTV) - The Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium announced the loss of one of its birds. Mabel, a trumpeter swan who had been at the zoo for five years, passed away at 13 years old due to renal failure.

Results from a recent statewide trumpeter swan survey show that Minnesota’s population continues to grow. It is now estimated to be around 17,000 swans, according to the Minnesota Department ...

My oh my, how times have changed. Over the last 35-plus years, I have witnessed a few amazing changes in nature. Normally I don’t think it would be possible to make these kinds of claims.

Multiple trumpeter swans gather at the Peltier Lake Dam. They can be seen in the area all winter long despite the cold, if ...

The whooper swan, like its onomatopoeic cousins, the whistling and the trumpeter, belongs to an elegant society of sisters; the mute, Bewick's, black, and black-necked fill out the ranks.

Trumpeter swans gather Monday, Feb. 17, 2025, in the open Nokasippi River between Upper and Lower South Long Lake. With the current sub-zero temperatures, the birds search for open water in the winter ...

Once a native species in Minnesota, the trumpeter swans had just about disappeared in the state by 1932. In the 1960’s Minnesota began a restoration effort for the swans. The DNR’s Non-Game ...

They’re known to mate for life, which can be up to 25 years. It makes swans fitting symbols of love and devotion. Trumpeter swans on the St. Croix River near Hudson, Wis. (Marlin Levison/The ...

Three Swan Species Live in North America Only three species of swans nest in North America: the trumpeter swan, the mute swan and the tundra swan (sometimes known as the whistling swan).