Wait until you see the wingspan on these! Magness Lake is hosting some very special visitors through February.

The large white birds are native to Iowa but the population was decimated by the late 1800s. However, the birds had a ...

Trumpeter swans are making a comeback in Iowa. The birds attempted a modern-day record of 158 nests in 2025, which is an ...

The Texarkana Symphony Orchestra's concert Thursday will feature the group's principal trumpeter, Jeremy McBain, and a work ...

IOWA, USA — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is calling the increased population of the state's trumpeter swans a " true modern-day conservation success story." Iowa trumpeter swans attempted ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Bird in Focus is the Trumpeter Swan. The Trumpeter Swan is the largest native waterfowl in New York State. Males weigh over 26 pounds, ...

Winter transforms the American wilderness into a landscape of stark beauty and profound silence. Snow blankets the ground, muffling sound and creating a clean slate that records the passage of every ...

For the first time in the 64-year history of the local count, the common raven was observed during the Willmar Area Christmas Bird Count conducted on Dec. 20, 2025. Participants in this year’s Willmar ...

You arrive at the venue, greeted not by clouds of smoke, but puffs of cumulus floating high on a ceiling of blue. The tables are ice floes, and that “cool” vibe is a crisp northern breeze. An audience ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We leave you this Sunday before Christmas with trumpeter swans a-swimmin' near Brainerd, Minnesota. Videographer: Kevin Kjergaard.