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Tundra Swans bonding

A characteristic whistling in their wings led Meriwether Lewis to call them “whistling swans,” a name still in use. These elegant creatures - slightly smaller than our other native species, the Trumpeter Swan - nest on arctic tundra and visit the U.S. only on migration and in winter.

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Uploaded on March 14, 2019
Taken on March 12, 2019