After killing a couple hours nestled into the tall, dry grass bordering a public wetland, the sky turned a cool purple and hundreds of white swans flocked over us. I hunkered down into the boat blind ...

Both the East and West Coast tundra swans spend the majority of their lives migrating. Unlike other birds now flying direct paths to Alaska, tundra swans take months to cross the continent.

Swans average 33 mph in migration, reaching 56 mph with a tail wind, flying several hundred miles a day. Favored stops include Canadian river deltas, Prairie Potholes and the Great Lakes.

Why the bird was not flying, we don’t know yet.” Cusworth said the only obvious injury to the swan was to one of its eyes. The tundra swan will be tested for avian flu and lead poisoning while ...

A painting of tundra swans flying over a wetland will grace the 2023-24 Federal Duck Stamp. Artist Joseph Hautman won the contest for the sixth time.

The United States and Canada have three kinds of swans, each with a defining attribute. Trumpeter swans are the largest; tundra swans fly the farthest; mute swans are the most aggressive. Of ...

A rare tundra swan, recently rescued from the Sylvan Beach area, was just transported to the Cornell Wildlife Hospital to undergo treatment, according to members of Woodhaven Wildlife Center ...

Ahead of bird hunting permit applications opening, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources shared important information ...

Despite several measures aimed at discouraging the killing of trumpeters during Utah’s 73-day swan season, the swan harvest notched its 20th trumpeter on Nov. 17.