Tundra Swan

Uploaded on Jan 29, 2007

Migration of the Tundra Swan on the upper Mississippi river late Autumn of 2006.

Uploaded on Apr 16, 2010

Migrant Tundra Swans leave the Kellys Slough NWR, North Dakota en route to their Breeding grounds at high latitudes (16 April 2010).

Uploaded on Dec 7, 2009

In 2002 and 2005 Pickering Creek Audubon Center (Easton, MD) restored several acres of farmland into freshwater wetland and grassland habitats for migrating waterfowl and shorebirds. Today the wetlands host black ducks, mallards, northern shovelers, green wing teals, pintails, wood ducks, american wigeons, ruddy ducks, canada geese, snow geese, tundra swans, killdeer, yellowlegs, great blue herons, many more birds, and a host of amphibians. The wetlands serve as vital wintering habitat and stopover habitat during migration. Shown are an adult and immature tundra swan preening their feathers visible from the overlook platform November 20, 2009. Canada geese are heard in the background.

Published on Apr 25, 2013

Each year, just at the first hint of spring thaw, massive waves of tundra swans begin a migratory trek from the Chesapeake Bay area, where they winter, to the Beaufort Sea in the Arctic, where they breed and nest. These magnificent birds aren't known to most North Americans, for their fly-past across the vast land is brief. A few days to rest and replenish at various locations in Southern Ontario and Manitoba, but no more. The imperative of an ancient biological clock calls them to keep moving north. For they have a precious few weeks to breed, nest and ready their fledglings for the 4200km return flight in the fall.

The video is part of a feild report on the tundra swan migration, posted at http://www.perfectdayfactory.com/tundra-swans/

Published on Mar 18, 2013

By the hundreds Tundra Swans, harbingers of spring, arrived in north Mississauga, Ontario by mid March, 2013. In a human made water collection culvert, beside the expressway, this primitive migration pattern continues against all human obstacles. Their eerie yodeling calls was a joy to hear; the Swans are on the way to the 'tundra' biome following the atlantic flyway that they have followed for millennia.