In early morning at Little Swamp Sanctuary in western Midland County, we can see the far shore of the wetland, almost one half mile away, through a path of trimmed open space where we have a seep or ...

AMES, Iowa (AP) — A blue heron stands stalk still, its neck coiled, eyes unflinching, peering into the clear water beneath it. Suddenly, it thrusts its sharp beak into the shallow water, thrashes its ...

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Picture this. A trumpeter swan soars through the sky, its wings outstretched and backlit by the sun, rendered iridescent. It descends and skids onto a shallow pool of wetland ...

A trumpeter swan soars through the sky, its wings outstretched and backlit by the sun, rendered iridescent. It descends and skids onto a shallow pool of wetland waters. Beautiful! The only swan native ...

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, ...