Habitat/Range: Breed in freshwater marshes along ponds and lakes. Winters in lakes, streams, springs, rivers and reservoirs

Diet: Aquatic vegetation, and small proportions of aquatic insects, fish, and frogs
Reproduction: Trumpeter Swans are monogamous and will form pair bonds for life. They normally form a bond when they are 2 to 3 years of age. Eggs will be laid starting late April to the middle of May. Each pair will have one nest with 5 to 6 eggs. The eggs will be incubated for 33 to 37 days. Young swans will be fully feathered 9 to 10 weeks after hatching. The young will not fly until 13 to 17 weeks after hatching. Normally after the first winter the young will leave their parents, however siblings may stay together for another year before separating.

Physical description: Like other swans these birds have a long graceful neck. Overall its body is white with small black eyes, a black beak, and black feet. To aid with swimming their feet are webbed. The juvenile swans have a gray body with a lighter colored bill than the adult.

Behavior: Due to their long neck these swans do not need to dive in order to get their food. Instead they can use their neck to reach down towards the bottom of the water and eat the vegetation that resides there. Unlike other waterfowl that would be on the same body of water as them, they can reach into the deeper parts of the water for food, so the swans do not need to compete with others for food.
Depending on the location of the swan it may or may not migrate. If the swan is located more north, then it will migrate south to a warmer climate for the winter. Those that live further south do not migrate.

Conservation Status: Common

Fun Facts:

	Unlike other waterfowl, Trumpeter Swans spend a significant amount of time constructing a nest. These nests may be as large as six feet in diameter and take up to two weeks to build.
	Their unique call sounds like a trumpet, giving the swan their name.
	A cob is a male swan, a pen is a female swan, and a young swan is called a cygnet. Male swans are called "cobs", female swans are called "pens" and young swans up to one year of age are called "cygnets"