wildlife

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Cygnet

During the past 20-plus years, the Trumpeter Swan population in the Rocky Mountain flyway has steadily grown back from numbers so low they nearly were considered for federal listing as an endangered species. Thanks to the efforts of a number of private organizations, the population is healthier. Young cygnets have dark head and neck feathers until they reach adulthood.

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