TRUMPETER SWANS FROM 1981

By Northwest Swan Conservation Association | 08/22/2019
A flock of birds flying over water near a house.

Historical photo of Trumpeter Swans from 1981 at Big Lake near Mt. Vernon, WA. At that time about 400 Trumpeter Swans wintered in this area with about an equal number of Tundra Swans. Now there are about 9,000 swans in this same area. A testament to collaborative work with government agencies, farmers, citizens and nongovernmental…

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SWANS DYING IN SNOQUALMIE VALLEY

By Northwest Swan Conservation Association | 08/14/2019
A person on a boat in the water.

During one of our regular swan surveys south of Monroe WA, Martha Jordan discovered several dead and sick swans at Crescent Lake in mid-March. Over the next 14 days NWSCA in cooperation with WDFW led an effort to retrieve the sick and dead swans and tally the feather piles of swans that died and were eaten…

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