Trumpeter Swans demand superlatives: they’re our biggest native waterfowl, stretching to 6 feet in length and weighing more than 25 pounds.
Trumpeter Swans demand superlatives: they’re our biggest native waterfowl, stretching to 6 feet in length and weighing more than 25 pounds—almost twice as massive as a Tundra Swan. Getting airborne requires a lumbering takeoff along a 100-yard runway. Despite their size, this once-endangered, now recovering species is as elegant as any swan, with a graceful neck and snowy-white plumage. They breed on wetlands in remote Alaska, Canada, and the northwestern , and winter on ice-free coastal and inland waters. Seen here at the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge in Ohio.
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Location: Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, Ohio, USA
Photo credit: © Michael Shake / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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