Feb. 23—Even if you weren't looking for them, there is no way you could miss all the swans on The Flathead River, especially between Dixon and Paradise. Those white bodies stand out on the water as ...

I’ve been admiring stately tundra swans at Middle Creek Wildlife Refuge this winter, as I have the last several winters. And seeing them reminds me of a March evening, years ago, when I lived in ...

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 ...

Spotting elegant tundra swans can brighten cold wintry days. Between mid-November and mid-December, we cherish hearing their soft mellow vocalization “hoo-hoo” calls before we see the swans overhead ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: Parts of this article are featured in the latest season of our Chesapeake Uncharted podcast, available at bayjournal.com or wherever you listen to podcasts. The season is a companion to ...

Swans worldwide are a small family of seven species. Minnesota sees three of those each year (probably). We see resident trumpeter swans, migrating tundra swans and invasive mute swans. (The migrating ...

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 course, ...