Summary ³

L 60” Wt. 23lb
Description: Trumpeter Swans have a midnight black beak with a little orange slit on the bottom. They have a yellow head and neck that fades into snow white half way down their neck. Juveniles have the same shape, but are brown and gray.

Habitat: Marshes, lakes and ponds. Winter in the San Juan Islands.

Fun Facts: Trumpeter Swans were hunted nearly to extinction, but have made an amazing recover.

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2. (c) dnydick, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by dnydick, http://www.flickr.com/photos/66842577@N08/9660138964/
3. Adapted by islandstewards from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygnus_buccinator

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