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 ...

Iowa trumpeter swans attempted a modern-day record 158 nests in 2025, which the DNR said was a 17% increase since 2022. The department used data from the most recent survey completion, which took ...

Christmas Eve morning as I was trying to beat the last-minute rush to Walmart in Rexburg when I heard the unmistakable call ...

Once a native species in Minnesota, the trumpeter swans had just about disappeared in the state by 1932. In the 1960’s Minnesota began a restoration effort for the swans. The DNR’s Non-Game Wildlife ...

North America is home to two native swans, tundra swans and trumpeter swans. Both nest in the high Arctic. Both migrate south for the winter. But according to published range maps, neither winters ...

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Finding swans a swimming during the 12 days of Christmas shouldn't be hard, thanks to a Minnesota restoration project that has flourished for the past 20 years. Since 1987, the trumpeter swan ...

In a major change to swan hunting in Utah, state wildlife officials propose banning the taking of trumpeter swans, a rare large-bodied cousin to tundra swans. Tundra swans would remain legal to shoot ...