waterfowl of michigan

photo by: Casey Asbel

These are trumpeter swans fighting over food. The winner gets the most corn! We can see the Canadian goose in the back sulking, after he got bit in the tail feathers and chased off by the trumpeter swans. Trumpeter swans stand at approximately 4 ft tall and weigh about 20-30 lbs. With a wing span over 7 ft these birds are quite interesting. The male is called a cob and the female is a pen.