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 ...

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 ...

RAVALLI — In the slipstream of thousands of snow geese, Montana’s biggest waterfowl has resumed residence in area wetlands. “We’re not just getting established pairs, but some of the young ones from ...

Winter waterfowl are an expected presence on Oklahoma's lakes and ponds, but most people are genuinely surprised the first time they encounter a wild swan. Besides the occasional, orange-billed, ...

Swans worldwide are a small family of seven species. Minnesota sees three of those each year (probably). We see resident trumpeter swans, migrating tundra swans and invasive mute swans. (The migrating ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON - With 2,000 swan hunters wading into Utah marshes starting Saturday, wildlife advocates are suing to protect the trumpeter swans that the groups say are imperiled. If successful, the ...

Tundra swans — at 15 pounds and with a wingspan of almost 6 feet — are now touching down on the ponds and snowfields of Alaska. Not too long ago, Alaska scientists discovered more about where the ...