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The Trumpeter Swan Society

Check out our playlists on our YouTube Channel

Swan Information

Check out our YouTube Channel with more than 100 videos and 18 playlists!

Swan Videos

Check out our many playlists on our YouTube Channel!

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Here are some playlists to get started!  (Playlists are grouped further down)

  • Videos sure to bring a smile

  • See the beauty and grace of swans in flight, and how to recognize swans are about to take-off

  • The stunning beauty of trumpeter swans is a sight to behold and experience.

  • swan videos less than a minute- great for fast viewing

  • See trumpeter swans in wild and urban places across North America

  • See how swans spend the winter together and some of the fun and exciting behavior you may witness

  • These unique webinars share the stories of the return of trumpeter swans across North America, the issues and threats they face today, and important information about their habitats

  • See how swans are banded and released into the Oregon wild through our Oregon Restoration Project

  • Learn more about wetland habitat, vital to swans and other birds, plants and animals, and see swans in wetlands

Below: Playlists grouped for easy choosing

Flight, Take-offs and Landings

  • Watch swans in flight and look for signs they are ready to take-off

  • From calls, to head-bobbing to the moments of take-offs and landings, these videos capture the energy, grace and beauty of trumpeter swans

Swan Communications

  • Learn how and when trumpeter swans communicate with each other- in flight, at take-offs and landings, during danger, and to family members

Swan Families

Preening and bathing

  • Trumpeter swans, like other birds, take a lot of time each day to bathe, clean, preen and arrange their feathers. It's fun to watch swan bathing, often with somersaults and lots of dipping. See the care swans take to rub glandular oil on their feathers for waterproofing, and then straighten and arrange the feathers.

Swan Fun, action and disputes!

Oregon Restoration Project

  • See how swans are banded and released into the Oregon wild through our Oregon Restoration Project

  • Learn how and where the swans were captured and collared. Then we explore some of the results, teaching you how to use GoogleEarth and the GPS data to discover:
    • How to see the wetlands where the swans were captured and collared.
    • How to do simple calculations like a biologist to determine flight speed, temperatures, distances and altitude.

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