Trumpeter Swan

In the twenties, the Trumperer’s Swan song was heard across the land; civilization had driven him to the verge of extinction.  But he made a comeback by going into isolation in the wilderness fastnesses of the Northwest.  Now he nests safely on a remodeled beaver lodge in Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Montana.  But his great size and beauty are still a temptation to marksmen eager to prove their skill on anything that moves, bigger the better.