A trumpeter swan pair comes in for a landing- let’s try that again A trumpeter swan pair flies overhead, preparing to land on water. This is a swan wintering area. One of the pair lands, lowering its large feet as it prepares to land on the water. The other swan decides that landing now is not the best option. It circles overhead, then comes in for its own water landing. You can hear the scattered greetings from the trumpeter swans below. Fun Swan Facts! Did you know that trumpeter swans are the

Trumpeter Swan Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Swan Talk. There are several kinds of swan communications in this video taken at a swan wintering ground. A single trumpeter swan flies in overhead. That is unusual as trumpeter swans usually fly in family groups. Why is the swan alone? It may be separated from it mate or family or the usual sub-adults it travels with (there is no way to tell how old a swan is once it turns white its second summer). Is it flying in to find its family or its mate? That is possible, but we don’t know. As the lone

Annual migration of trumpeter & tundra swans along the western side of North America. Taken in Marsh Lake, Yukon Territory, Canada during April, spring.