Leslie O’Rourke is a local nature photographer known as the Swan Whisperer of Belleville after a July 2023 profile by ...

The DNR says both tundra and trumpeter swans pass through the region as migratory species in route to Canada. Engelhardt noted the distinction: trumpeter swans are bigger and tundra swans ...

The next day, after the heavy overnight rain, the rivers were in full spring flood mode. When hiking the Mavis Trail, the ...

Despite the deaths, Zimmerman says area trumpeter and tundra swan populations have increased more than 14 percent overall during the past four years.