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From none to some and now thousands in just a few decades, the comeback of the trumpeter swan in Minnesota has been a wildlife recovery success story for the ages. Trumpeters are now breeding and ...

Trumpeter swans have just been removed from the Threatened Species list in Ohio. The trumpeter swan is officially off the Threatened Species List in Ohio. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources ...

They’re big. They’re beautiful. And there’s lots of them. Perhaps too many? Trumpeter swans are now reproducing at a rate no one predicted when 150 fragile eggs were transported to Minnesota from ...

Each day, we view the swamp from an overlook that Joe built which we call “The Hide." This name came from his tours in England, where they typically use the word "hide" for a small bird watching ...

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 ...

A baby trumpeter swan with bird flu lies on the snow to die in December at Sweet Marsh in Bremer County. (Photo courtesy of Kip Ladage) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using ...

Nearly three decades ago on a chill, still December afternoon, I watched three majestic trumpeter swans touch down in a Chesapeake salt marsh.

Hunters in parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin will begin shooting swans this weekend. Yes, swans -- trumpeter and tundra swans -- those large white waterfowl that are as much a symbol of grace and ...

Trumpeter swans are now reproducing at a rate no one predicted when 150 fragile eggs were transported to Minnesota from Alaska, beginning in 1987. Carrol Henderson was the Department of Natural ...