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

After first noticing the pair building a nest on the east side of Tamarac Lake in February, staff expect to see hatchlings the week of April 20 — which is unique, as not all nests lead to egg-laying.

It was foolish of me to try to race that train. For one thing, it was nearly past me and all I had to do was wait a couple ...

Glacier-carved fields and ephemeral wetlands provide a crucial stopover for long-distance migrants and prolific breeding grounds for a wide variety of duck species and other waterfowl.

The last part of March seemed to pass slowly, at least for those of use impatient for spring. Each of us has their own sequence of observations for the arrival of spring, depending on their interests ...

The trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator) formerly nested across much of the ... The female lays four to six eggs that are incubated for 32 to 37 days. The hatchlings require 100 days or so to begin ...

Another unique trick of the trumpeter swans is the way they incubate their eggs. The swans keep their eggs warm, not by sitting on them, but by covering them with their webbed feet. Although they ...

laying and incubating their eggs. Males are focused on accompanying the females for reproduction, Pidgeon said. Some of the most impressive birds at Lake Mendota are swans. The trumpeter swan ...