Swans return to Walton Lake

Saturday, December 26, 2009

In what has become a local harbinger of winter to come the trumpeter swans have returned to Nevada. Two adults and two cygnets, juveniles, rumored to be in the area for a couple of weeks were photographed feeding complacently on Izaac Walton Lake in Walton Park on Monday afternoon, Dec. 21. Trumpeter Swans are the largest of North American waterfowl and as a migratory species enjoy state and federal protection in Missouri. --Rusty Murry/Herald-Tribune

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Beautiful shot Rusty

-- Posted by TS1945 on Sun, Dec 27, 2009, at 5:08 PM
I noticed the one in the lower left is tagged on it's neck. Does anyone know where else these swans end up during the year? It would be interesting to find out their other travel stops.

-- Posted by willybishop on Tue, Dec 29, 2009, at 11:15 AM
Beautiful!! There were some at Katy Lake last yr. Same ones?? It would be neat like willybishop said to know of their travels.

-- Posted by orlahnih1 on Wed, Dec 30, 2009, at 8:07 AM

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