A struggling population of rare trumpeter swans may be the unintended victims of an ongoing tundra swan hunt in Utah. That’s the word from some anonymous Fish and Wildlife Service biologists, who say ...
In early morning at Little Swamp Sanctuary in western Midland County, we can see the far shore of the wetland, almost one half mile away, through a path of trimmed open space where we have a seep or ...
The Utah Department of Wildlife Resources has approved a plan to eliminate all legal trumpeter swan harvest for the upcoming waterfowl season. The rule change, which DWR approved at a public meeting ...
Tundra swans, once known as whistling swans, are a bit smaller than the more rare trumpeter swan. They move through the Mississippi River Valley in early March through late May en route to northern ...
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 ...
A federal plan to let hunters shoot trumpeter swans has drawn fire from some of the people who toiled to bring the majestic white birds back from the brink of extinction. Trumpeter swans, North ...
Nearly three decades ago on a chill, still December afternoon, I watched three majestic trumpeter swans touch down in a Chesapeake salt marsh. It was a sight that had not been seen on the Bay for ...
Spotting elegant tundra swans can brighten cold wintry days. Between mid-November and mid-December, we cherish hearing their soft mellow vocalization “hoo-hoo” calls before we see the swans overhead ...
There’s good news and bad news when it comes to endangered species in Michigan. The bad news is there are 407 species in danger. The good news is 36 species have been removed from the list, including ...