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Mute swan were brought to Ontario, Canada, in the 1950s. They are considered an invasive species in Ontario due to their aggressive behaviour and negative impact on native waterfowl species. The population has steadily increased since their introduction, and efforts have been made to manage their numbers and mitigate their impact.

The mute swan - Cygnus olor - is a species of swan and a member of the waterfowl family Anatidae.

a swan sits in its nest

Nesting whooper swan in the Exit Glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park Alaska, USA

lone trumpeter swan standing on her nest with water as background

swan nest, eggs, young, swan, neck, feather, beak

Swan guarding the nest

Photo taken in Falköping, Sweden

A Trumpeter swan on southern Vancouver Island.

Newly hatched baby Trumpeter swans are ready to go for their first swim, and await the male who is checking if everything is OK. Minnesota. Once the OK was given, they all scurried off the nest into the water for the first time. It was an outstanding case of child discipline.

Female Swan Incubating Eggs on the Nest in the Ljubljana Marshes, Springtime in Slovenia

Sleeping Mute swan with the head under a wing

Trumpeter swan in pond in Yellowstone Ecosystem in western USA, North America. Nearest cities are Gardiner, Cooke City, Bozeman, Montana, Cody and Jackson Wyoming, Salt Lake City,Utah and Denver, Colorado.

A trumpeter swan swimming in a river on a cloudy day.

Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) taking a nap on a Winter riverbank.

Swan nesting on restored section of Montgomery Canal near Welshpool, Mid Wales

Nesting swan in the shore grass by the pond

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Mute Swan Gosling (Cygnus olor). Great Meadows National wildlife Refuge, Massachusetts.

A swan on her nest in the Cuckmere Valley, on a sunny spring day

Swan hatching an egg at the Aachener pond (Aachener Weiher) in Cologne

Close up of a mute swan tending to a nest of unhatched eggs

Trumpeter swan pair standing on snow remaining in Yellowstone Ecosystem in Wyoming in western USA, North America.

rare frame. A female white swan sits on a nest of dry reeds on a spring day. Water surface behind

Swan and cygnets on nest

On a nest in Minnesota

The cygnet is white and a so called Polish mute swan.

white swan in the bushes in the nest

The Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) is the largest species of waterfowl with a wingspan that can exceed 10 feet. It is also the heaviest living bird native to North America. In the early part of the 20th century, with a population of less than 70, the trumpeter swan faced extinction. Aerial surveys eventually discovered a population of several thousand trumpeters around Alaska's Copper River. Some of these were carefully reintroduced to other areas and now the population exceeds 46,000 birds. The adult trumpeter swan has an all-white plumage, while the cygnets are light gray with pink legs. After about a year in age the cygnets gain their adult plumage. The breeding habitat of trumpeter swans is large shallow ponds, undisturbed lakes, pristine wetlands and wide slow rivers, and marshes. The largest numbers of breeding pairs can be found in Alaska but they also breed in northwestern and central North America. In the winter, natural populations of swans migrate in V-shaped flocks to southern Canada, and the Pacific Northwest. This trumpeter swan was photographed while wintering on the Skagit Flats near La Conner, Washington State, USA.

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