Mute swans hold their necks in an “S” shape. Trumpeter swan numbers increase in winter in southwest Indiana and in the spring can be more common in the northern third of Indiana. Mute swans can occur ...

Cold weather and freezing water force many waterfowl to fly south each winter. Look for residents ... often mixed with flocks of slightly larger trumpeter swans. Diving ducks such as redheads ...

The trumpeter swan is so very rare in Texas nowadays ... The biologist explained that Texas is only a winter site for the three species. They are pushed here as cold weather freezes waters ...

Snow Geese and Trumpeter Swans flock to La Conner in the winter, creating a scenic sight, though visitors should respect private property. Washington is filled with unique small towns. Most are ...

It appears that the main waterfowl migration is over. The tundra swans have headed back to their nesting grounds in the ...

Leslie O’Rourke is a local nature photographer known as the Swan Whisperer of Belleville after a July 2023 profile by Intelligencer/Community Press columnist Victor Schukov. Kelly Duffin is the ...