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	Trumpeter Swan Factsheet - WDNR
		the Trumpeter Swan, the Mute Swan and the Tundra Swan.
		Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan are attempting to reestablish Trumpeter Swans by rearing cygnets in captivity.
		Trumpeters are protected from hunting in the United States and Tundra Swans are protected from hunting in the Mississippi Flyway.
	www.dnr.state.wi.us /org/land/er/factsheets/birds/SWAN.HTM (4681 words)

	Trumpeter Swan, Wildlife Species Information: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
		The trumpeter swan is a majestic bird, with snowy white feathers; jet-fl bill, feet, and legs; and 8-foot wingspan.
		The trumpeter swan is roughly twice the size of the tundra swan; has a deep, sonorous call; and is either non-migratory or migrates relatively short distances.
		The trumpeter swan is vulnerable to illegal shooting, collisions with power lines, and predators such as snapping turtles, great horned owls, raccoons, and minks which steal the eggs and attack the young.
	www.fws.gov /species/species_accounts/bio_swan.html (1122 words)

	EEK! - Critter Corner - The Trumpeter Swan
		The male swan is called a cob, the female is a pen; and a young swan in its first year of life is called a cygnet or juvenile.
		Trumpeters often build their nests on top of muskrat or beaver lodges, or they pile sedges and cattail tubers into mounds.
		In an effort to reestablish trumpeter swans in the Midwest, cygnets (young swans) are reared in captivity.
	www.dnr.state.wi.us /org/caer/ce/eek/critter/bird/trumpeterswan.htm (0 words)

	Trumpeter Swan
		Trumpeter Swans are no longer listed as a species at risk by COSEWIC (1999) but are still considered a threatened animal under the Alberta Wildlife Act.
		The Trumpeter Swan is North America's largest native waterfowl, with females weighing an average of 9.9 kilograms and males weighing an average of 10.3 kilograms.
		Trumpeter Swans arrive in Alberta in mid-April to early May. Nest building occurs between late April and early May and breeding density is generally one pair per lake or pond.
	www.abheritage.ca /abnature/speciesatrisk/swan_intro.htm (0 words)

	Trumpeter Swan sings
		An adult trumpeter swan on a lake in northern Wisconsin.
		When the streams, lakes and marshes of the Eastern United States lost the trumpeter swan, they lost a majestic bird with snowy white feathers whose bills, legs and feet are trimmed in jet fl.
		Snow geese have fl wing feathers; the trumpeter swan's feathers are solid white.) The birds winter in Illinois and Indiana, and the shooters that Matteson calls "vandals" are mainly found in Illinois.
	whyfiles.org /015species_restore/swan.html (0 words)

	All About Birds: Trumpeter Swan
		The Trumpeter Swan was hunted for its feathers throughout the 1600s - 1800s, causing a tremendous decline in its numbers.
		Wild Trumpeter Swans have been known to live longer than 24 years, and one captive individual lived to be 32.
		Trumpeters are assumed to mate for life, but some individuals do switch mates over their lifetimes.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Trumpeter_Swan.html (0 words)

	Trumpeter Swan sings
		An adult trumpeter swan on a lake in northern Wisconsin.
		When the streams, lakes and marshes of the Eastern United States lost the trumpeter swan, they lost a majestic bird with snowy white feathers whose bills, legs and feet are trimmed in jet fl.
		Snow geese have fl wing feathers; the trumpeter swan's feathers are solid white.) The birds winter in Illinois and Indiana, and the shooters that Matteson calls "vandals" are mainly found in Illinois.
	www.whyfiles.org /015species_restore/swan.html (772 words)

	Beauty and Grace, The Trumpeter Swan
		The rarest of swans and the largest waterfowl species native to North America, the Trumpeter Swan is a manifest of nature's beauty and grace.
		The adult trumpeter swan is all white and has a broad, flat bill with a red stripe along the edge of the lower mandible.
		Trumpeter swans were hunted for their meat and feathers during the 19th century and by 1900, it was widely believed that the species had become extinct.
	www.dmcphoto.com /Articles/TrumpeterSwan (563 words)

	Yellowstone National Park - Trumpeter Swan Facts (U.S. National Park Service)
		Two are wild native species (trumpeter swan and tundra swan), one Eurasian species (whooper swan) is accidental in North America, and one species (the mute swan) escaped from captivity and is now a free-flying swan in certain areas of the country.
		Trumpet swan cygnets are typically born gray in color and steadily lose their gray plumage becoming pure white by the time they are one year old.
		Trumpeter swans have been known to live 29 years in the wild, whereas a swan raised in captivity survived for 32 1/2 years.
	www.nps.gov /yell/naturescience/tumpeterswan.htm (922 words)

	North America: Trumpeter swan
		Physical characteristics: The trumpeter swan is one of eight swan species and is the largest swan in the world and the largest species of waterfowl in North America.
		Trumpeter swans were hunted nearly to extinction by the early 1900s.
		The trumpeter swan is vulnerable to illegal shooting, collisions with power lines, and predators, such as snapping turtles, great horned owls, raccoons, and minks which steal their eggs and attack the young.
	www.colszoo.org /animalareas/namerica/anpg/tswan.html (1000 words)

	Photo Gallery- Nature Watch: Alaska
		North America is home to three species of swans: the native trumpeter and tundra (formerly known as whistling swan), and the non-native mute.
		Characteristics: The trumpeter swan is a majestic bird, with snowy white feathers; jet-fl bill, feet, and legs; and 8-foot wingspan.
		In the early 1900s, the trumpeter was hunted nearly to extinction for its skin, feathers, meat, and eggs.
	www.fs.fed.us /r10/ro/naturewatch/miscpages/swan.html (1143 words)

	ADW: Cygnus buccinator: Information
		The Trumpeter swan resides in North America, mainly in isolated populations in western Canada and the western United States.
		The breeding season of the trumpeter swans begins in April and May. Unlike most birds, which lack external genitalia, the males of these swans (like most waterfowl species) have an erectile, penislike intromittent organ, which is a special modification of the ventral wall of the cloaca.
		The Trumpeter swan, like all birds, are oviparous (this means that the female lays the eggs and they develop outside of her body.
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Cygnus_buccinator.html (650 words)

	Hinterland Who's Who - Trumpeter Swan
		Trumpeter Swans leave the Grande Prairie region of Alberta, Yukon, and the Northwest Territories in late October, when freeze-up is well advanced, for their journey south to the area where the states of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming meet (Tri-State area).
		The settling of Alaska may prove to be as detrimental to Trumpeter Swans as was the settlement of the plains.
		Although the total population of Trumpeter Swans is still small compared with what it once was, such management efforts, combined with habitat protection and enhancement, and reintroduction programs, should ensure that numbers of this magnificent bird will continue to rise and that it will once again inhabit much of its former range.
	www.hww.ca /hww2.asp?id=77 (2183 words)

	Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)
		Due to widespread conservation efforts, the trumpeter swan now has a population of several thousand birds and seems to be out of danger.
		Trumpeter swans are well adapted to the cold temperatures in which they live and have a thick layer of down that enables them to tolerate relatively long periods of subzero temperatures.
		Trumpeter swans usually nest for the first time when they are 4 or 5 years old.
	www.thebigzoo.com /Animals/Trumpeter_Swan.asp (464 words)

	IA DNR: Trumpeter Swan restoration
		Until 1998, the last wild nesting trumpeter swan in Iowa occurred in 1883 on the Twin Lakes Wildlife Area southwest of Belmond, Iowa in Hancock County.
		Trumpeter swans were first given nationwide protection in 1918 when the United States, Canada, and Mexico signed the International Migratory Bird Treaty.
		One Iowa trumpeter swan did winter as far south as Oklahoma during the winter of 1998-99, and one swan wintered near Heber Springs, Arkansas in 1999-2000.
	www.iowadnr.com /wildlife/files/swanrestor.html (920 words)

	Trumpeter Swan \| Nature Notes \| Ducks Unlimited Canada
		Trumpeter swans are the largest species of native waterfowl in North America.
		The swans were hunted for their prized skins and feathers, and their largest flight feathers were believed to make superior writing quills.
		While the numbers of trumpeter swans have increased steadily, the species still faces a number of threats, with the loss of migratory traditions and reduced quality and quantity of winter habitat being chief among them.
	www.ducks.ca /resource/general/naturenotes/trumpeter_swan/index.html (604 words)

	Trumpeter Swans
		There are 3 different populations of trumpeter swans in North America: the Pacific Coast Population, the Rocky Mountain Population, and the Interior Population.
		Unlike tundra swans, trumpeter swans are not managed for hunting as they are slightly diminished in some areas of their range.
		Swans usually return to the place of their birth to breed and nest, so this system of repopulation has a good chance of success.
	www.alaskazoo.org /willowcrest/trumpeter_swans.htm (473 words)

	Swans: Wildlife Notebook Series - Alaska Department of Fish and Game
		Trumpeter swans have an angular wedge-shaped head profile, with the fl of the bill appearing to merge with the eye.
		Trumpeters were first identified in Alaska in 1850 but, surprisingly, it was not until 1954 that breeding trumpeters were discovered in Alaska.
		Swans are very sensitive to disturbance and may have an unsuccessful breeding season if high levels of human activity occur near their chosen nesting site.
	www.adfg.state.ak.us /pubs/notebook/bird/swans.php (1406 words)

	Majestic Trumpeters Return to Wild Ohio (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Swans were killed for their meat, but even more so for their plumage, which was used to make powder puffs, writing pens, and fashionable trim for hats and other clothing in Europe.
		The call of a trumpeter swan is often described as similar to the notes of a French horn.
		Trumpeter swans are often confused with tundra swans and mute swans.
	www.dnr.state.oh.us /wildlife/resources/projects/swans.htm (1043 words)

	Trumpeter Swan
		The waters of the Arkansas and its tributaries are annually supplied with Trumpeter Swans, and the largest individual which I have examined was shot on a lake near the junction of that river with the Mississippi.
		You, reader, as well as all the world, have seen Swans labouring away on foot, and therefore I will not trouble you with a description of their mode of walking, especially as it is not much to be admired.
		This Swan feeds principally by partially immersing the body and extending the neck under water, in the manner of fresh-water Ducks and some species of Geese, when the feet are often seen working in the air, as if to aid in preserving the balance.
	www.audubon.org /bird/BoA/F39_G3a.html (2745 words)

	Ladywildlife's Trumpeter Swan Page
		The trumpeter swan is a close relative and North American counterpart of the Eurasian whooper swan.
		Swans are wasteful feeders, often uprooting whole plants for the sake of a few leaves.
		Trumpeter swans were killed both for food and for their feathers.
	ladywildlife.com /animal/trumpeterswan.html (863 words)

	Status of the Trumpeter Swan - Alberta Sustainable Resource Development
		Trumpeter swans used to breed in boreal, parkland, and prairie habitats throughout Canada and the United States from James Bay to the Rocky Mountains south to Missouri and Wyoming.
		An international program to save trumpeter swans from extinction began in the 1930s when the birds and their remaining habitat were granted additional protection.
		The public was made aware of the problem and encouraged to report sightings of trumpeters or their nests and to reduce human activity near nesting areas.
	www.srd.gov.ab.ca /fw/threatsp/ts_stat.html (419 words)

	Trumpeter Swan Images
		Trumpeter Swans are making a comeback in North America from the brink of extinction in the 1930's thanks to work by people like Harry Lumsden.
		Harry who is the founder of the Ontario Trumpeter Swan Reintroduction Program, was recently named to the Order of Canada for his efforts to reintroduce Trumpeter Swans to the province.
		A Trumpeter Swan landed in a nearby lake on June 17, 2003.
	www.photon-echoes.com /trumpeter-swan.htm (178 words)

	DNR - Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)
		The trumpeter is similar in appearance to other white swans, but their foreheads slope evenly to an all fl bill.
		Survival of young trumpeter swans is often high because of this extra parental attention.
		Trumpeter swans feeding in the tannin-stained marshes and streams of the Upper Peninsula can be identified by the orange-red staining on their necks.
	www.michigan.gov /dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12145_12202-33030--,00.html (0 words)

	Trumpeter Swan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Trumpeter Swan is a large waterbird with a very long neck, short, fl legs and a short fl, duck-like bill.
		Trumpeter Swans are covered with a very thick layer of down (fine soft feathers) next to their skin.
		Trumpeter Swan enemies are eagles, owls, coyotes, and mink, raccoons, foxes and humans.
	www.mikids.com /LC/swan.htm (233 words)

	Swan Controversy
		The few acceptable records of trumpeter swans in the east are observations of birds during their natural spring and fall migration seasons or during winter.
		The tundra swan (formerly the whistling swan), a species not easy to differentiate from the trumpeter swan in the field, especially when the two are not seen together for comparison, was and still is the common swan of the eastern United States.
		Trumpeter Swans are doing well in the west, in country where they have enough room; their populations have been increasing there.
	www.acsu.buffalo.edu /~insrisg/nature/swans.html (2816 words)

	* Trumpeter Swan - (Bird): Definition
		Trumpeter Swan Historically, trumpeter swans were most likely abundant throughout the Great Lakes region, even in the southern Michigan marshlands.
		The Tundra Swan breeds in remote areas of Alaska and northern Canada that are not often visited by humans.
		A normal, healthy swan is extremely shy and hence difficult to approach, a trait which has contributed in no small way to its ability to maintain its numbers.
	en.mimi.hu /bird/trumpeter_swan.html (339 words)

	The Trumpeter Swan Society
		Positive identification is essential, as Trumpeters often mix with flocks of the relatively common Tundra Swan throughout their migration and winter range.
		Mute Swans are generally silent but not "mute." However, their grunts, snorts, and quiet whistles cannot be confused with the distinctive calls of Trumpeter and Tundra Swans.
		Trumpeters afloat or ashore, resting or in a mild state of alertness, generally have the neck kinked back at the base so that it appears to rise from the forepart of the back forming an angular C-shape (swimming swan) rather than from the very front of the body as in Tundra Swans.
	www.trumpeterswansociety.org /id.htm (0 words)

	Wye Marsh - Trumpeter Swan
		A decreased reliance on supplemented food during this time will encourage Trumpeters to continue to expand throughout their range in a more natural setting, as well as to ensure that they are consuming the nutrients that their bodies require naturally.
		By becoming an official Wye Marsh volunteer in the Swan Program, you will be trained by qualified staff to feed and monitor wild Trumpeters, monitor and care for our permanent resident swans, and join our animal care team dedicated to the care and recovery of sick and injured Trumpeter Swans.
		J.J. gained notoriety as the Trumpeter Swan that was rescued from Lake Simcoe in December of 2006.
	www.wyemarsh.com /trumpeter.html (0 words)

	Trumpeter swan restoration project - Nongame Wildlife Program: Minnesota DNR (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Trumpeter swans originally graced wetlands across a broad region of North America from Illinois northwest to Alaska.
		The Trumpeter Swan Society forms to promote the restoration of trumpeter swans across their historical range.
		Similar work to restore trumpeter swans in South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio and Ontario has brought North America's interior population to 4500 in 2004.
	www.dnr.state.mn.us /ecological_services/nongame/projects/trumpeterswan/index.html (475 words)

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