Trumpeter Swans
by Monty Wright
Title
Trumpeter Swans
Artist
Monty Wright
Medium
Digital Art - Corel Painter
Description
Swans are creatures which have only one partner for their entire life. They mate with the same partner till the bond is broken either because of death or if any partner is preyed. Swans select a life mate about two-four years old, and they will swim together, head bob, blow in the water and sing during courtship time.
The trumpeter swan is found in North America. The heaviest living bird native to North America, it is also the largest extant species of waterfowl with a wingspan that may exceed 10 ft. It is the American counterpart and a close relative of the whooper swan of Eurasia, and even has been considered the same species by some authorities. By 1933, fewer than 70 wild trumpeters were known to exist, and extinction seemed imminent, until aerial surveys discovered a Pacific population of several thousand trumpeters around Alaska's Copper River. Careful reintroductions by wildlife agencies and the Trumpeter Swan Society gradually restored the North American wild population to over 46,000 birds by 2010.
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July 18th, 2019
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