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  2. Trumpeter swan - Wikipedia

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    Trumpeter swan pair in Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary. Trumpeter swan courtship in Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Like other swans, trumpeter swans often mate for life, and both parents participate in raising their young, but primarily the female incubates the eggs. Most pair bonds are formed when swans are 5 to 7 years old, although ...

  3. The Trumpet of the Swan - Wikipedia

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    In Canada during the spring of 1968, the cob (the name for an adult male swan) and the pen (the name for an adult female swan), both trumpeter swans, build their summer nest on a small island in a pond. The swans are worried when Sam Beaver, an 11-year-old boy on a camping trip with his father, begins coming to the lake every day to watch them ...

  4. Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge - Wikipedia

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    The elegant trumpeter swan is North America's largest waterfowl, with a wingspans of 8 feet (2.6 m) and they can weigh up to 30 pounds (13 kg). Whooping cranes. The elevation of the refuge ranges from 6,600 feet (2,000 m) to almost 10,000 feet (3,000 m) and consists of 65,810.25 acres (266.32 km 2) [1] of high elevation prairie and forested ...

  5. Swans Flap Their Wings in Pure Joy After Being Reunited in ...

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    The clip shows the two engaging in what Susan Best, president of Trumpeter Swan Conservation Ontario, calls their "victory dance." Something that two swans would only do with their forever mate ...

  6. Deer hunting limits may increase; trumpeter swans may be ...

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    Trumpeter swans depend on high-quality wetland habitats throughout the year, and face continued threats, including habitat loss and lead poisoning. ztuggle@gannett.com. 419-564-3508.

  7. Swan - Wikipedia

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    There are six living and many extinct species of swan; in addition, there is a species known as the coscoroba swan which is no longer considered one of the true swans. Swans usually mate for life , although separation sometimes occurs, particularly following nesting failure, and if a mate dies, the remaining swan will take up with another.

  8. Lincoln Park Zoo - Wikipedia

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    Lincoln Park Zoo began with the gift of a pair of swans, and to commemorate its founding and that special moment in history, a pair of trumpeter swans have continued to make their home at the zoo, now in the Hope B. McCormick Swan Pond, as a reminder of the zoo's long history. Several diverse species of waterfowl call this pond home.

  9. Hundreds of wild birds dead in Whatcom. What’s happening? - AOL

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    Trumpeter swans and ducks congregating by the thousands on Wiser Lake southwest of Lynden in the winter of 2014. Nearly 400 wild geese have been found dead recently there and several have tested ...