Do Trumpeter Swans Migrate?

Migration. The swans migrate south in small family groups to wintering grounds in the central United States, including open water sites along the Mississippi River in Arkansas and Missouri and west to Oklahoma. In late March and early April, the swans return north to their nesting marshes.

Where do trumpeter swans spend the winter?

Birds breeding in coastal Alaska and Canada move to ice-free waters in the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia. Breeders from the Alaskan and Canadian interior winter in Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho. Scattered populations in the Intermountain West may not migrate at all.

Do trumpeter swans go south for the winter?

Now, with winter descending on the Kenai, most Trumpeter swans have flown the coop as lakes freeze up. A few swans may linger in open water on the Kenai River below Skilak Lake, but most are now headed south, scattered along the Inside Passage from the Copper River Delta to the Stikine River near Wrangell.