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Trumpeter Swan

Cygnus buccinator

Description:

large swan (60 inches) with no yellow on it face. Call is a single or double honk, like an old car horn.

Habitat:

Winters in the Fraser Valley where I live but only in quiet fields or marshes where there is little disturbance. Breeds in some parts of northern BC.

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3 Comments

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

I see, beautiful birds.

birdlady6000
birdlady6000 11 years ago

No, pure white, but hard to get the exposure just right. Really cold, grey day and so not enough light for true colour.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Are they a little pink color?

KathleenMcEachern
Spotted by
KathleenMcEachern

Spotted on Jan 24, 2013
Submitted on Jan 30, 2013

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