Trumpeter Swans are one of the rarest swans in the world and also one of the biggest. It has a long white neck with a black beak and pale grey-pink legs. In the 1900’s it nearly came extinct when they were shot down for their feathers and meat.
diet:
The birds arrive into Alberta in April and continue up north as lakes and other bodies of water thaw from their winter freeze. They only fly as far as they need to find areas with food and a suitable place to live.
diet:
The birds arrive into Alberta in April and continue up north as lakes and other bodies of water thaw from their winter freeze. They only fly as far as they need to find areas with food and a suitable place to live.
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They mainly eat aquatic plants, insects and snails and the adults can eat up to 9 Kg per day. They use their long necks and powerful bills to pull up roots and steams.
habitat
The Trumpeter Swan can live up to 35 years in captivity and 12 in the wild and mates for life. Their nests are usually in big bulky mounds of reeds, rushes, grass, roots and contain some fresh down (feathers). Their nests are most often on beaver dams, muskrat houses or small islands. The areas they are usually found in are big shallow ponds with little or no human disturbance or pristine wetland and wide slow-moving rivers.
Behavior:
At around mid-May, they lay their 5-6 eggs which they incubate for 32 days. The cygnets only stay in the nest for 24 hours until they must start to eat. Adult swans are often flightless during a month when they molt, the females and male molt at different times in the year to insure that one of them is able to fly while the other stays with the cygnets.
The adults are normally 138-165 (54-In) or can even to 180 cm (71 in) and can weigh from 7-13.6 kg (15-30 lb) with a wingspan of 185-250 cm (73-In) and its bill at a length of 10.5-12 cm (4.1-4.7 in).
Fun Facts:
habitat
The Trumpeter Swan can live up to 35 years in captivity and 12 in the wild and mates for life. Their nests are usually in big bulky mounds of reeds, rushes, grass, roots and contain some fresh down (feathers). Their nests are most often on beaver dams, muskrat houses or small islands. The areas they are usually found in are big shallow ponds with little or no human disturbance or pristine wetland and wide slow-moving rivers.
Behavior:
At around mid-May, they lay their 5-6 eggs which they incubate for 32 days. The cygnets only stay in the nest for 24 hours until they must start to eat. Adult swans are often flightless during a month when they molt, the females and male molt at different times in the year to insure that one of them is able to fly while the other stays with the cygnets.
The adults are normally 138-165 (54-In) or can even to 180 cm (71 in) and can weigh from 7-13.6 kg (15-30 lb) with a wingspan of 185-250 cm (73-In) and its bill at a length of 10.5-12 cm (4.1-4.7 in).
Fun Facts:
- If a mate dies the other swan my never mate again.
- The Trumpeter Swan gets its name from its trumpet-like call.
- Males are called “cobs” and females are called “pens”.
- They are the largest of the north-American waterfowl.
- The scientific name is Cygnus Buccinator