Trumpeter Swan

Cygnus buccinator

  (L 60" WS 80" Wt 23 lb)

Was heavily hunted because its feathers
made fine quill pens. Has recently shown
sustained population growth.

Lake Catherine

Palos Heights, IL

5Mar10

The swan, like the soul of the poet,

  By the dull world is ill understood.

 (Heinrich Heine)