The whooper swan, like its onomatopoeic cousins ... Bittersweet, these beautiful birds. Yet their loveliness masks the toll exacted by the gravitational pull of their large bodies and the strain ...

It’s thought to derive from the sound a Whooper swan might make as it gasps for ... is littered with pictures of ravishingly beautiful birds; even Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci had a ...

Around 10,000 adult pairs were found, with the rest made up of chicks, young adults without nests, and birds migrating across Finland from Russia. Whooper swans are Finland’s national bird and feature ...

the flocks of whooper swans waiting out the chilly weather in East China, particularly in Shandong province's tiny Yandunjiao village, attracted the usual suspects — keen bird watchers and ...

The Saigawa River, which runs through the city, is a well-known wintering site for whooper swans migrating from Siberia. In peak years, more than 1,000 swans gather to rest in the area.

Rongcheng has attracted an increasing number of birds in recent years due to ecological restoration and protective measures. Tens of thousands of whooper swans migrate from Siberia to the coastal ...