Trumpeter Swan and Babies
« Back to Public Land - The BLM-The Big Open, August 2001 National Geographic Magazine
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Trumpeter swan leads little ones carefully through the brush to feed in early morning along Alaska's Denali Highway. The trumpeter swan is the largest and rarest swan in the world. Hunted to the brink of extinction by the early 1900's, trumpeter swan numbers are rebounding in Canada and Alaska.
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