Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)

A large, native swan that breeds from Alaska to scattered locations in the Rocky Mountains and Great Lakes (re-introduced there). As populations rebound and reintroduction programs thrive, expect more records of this species in North Carolina in the winter in places like Lake Mattamuskeet.
Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)
Kalamazoo Co., MI
15 Mar 2004

Note black lores and straight bill on this large swan.

Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)
Kalamazoo Co., MI
15 Mar 2004

Immatures have brownish-gray feathering.

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