We were flying as part of a month-long U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service project to study the Alaskan population of trumpeter swans before their annual migration south. Throughout last August ...

Mute swans have orange bills with black knobs. Trumpeter swans hold their necks straight when swimming in water and flying. Mute swans hold their necks in an “S” shape. Trumpeter swan numbers increase ...

I also noticed that they were usually flying alone and are not paired ... for large waterfowl migrations. Most of the trumpeter and tundra swan migrations will begin about March 10 and they ...

Mat-Su breaks ground on Gateway Visitor Center. Ketchikan Airport revamps parking system. Trumpeter swans return to Creamer’s ...

Regardless, not flying means not surviving ... After being extinct in Minnesota for decades, trumpeter swan eggs were brought from Alaska in the 1980s to reintroduce trumpeters back to Minnesota ...