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Red-headed Trumpeter Swans

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Posted by Larry Daniel on July 20, 2010 at 2:49 PM
One drake chasing another away from his lady friend.


The heads are red due to their eating off the red mud in the bottom of the lakes at Red Rock Lakes NWR in souther Montana.
Posted by Daniel Loomis on July 20, 2010 at 3:56 PM
Larry - You caught them red-headed! Nice environmental shot. I've not seen any Trumpeter Swans up close . . . red-headed or otherwise. Must be iron deposits nearby.
Posted by Wayne Rhodus on July 26, 2010 at 5:21 PM
Interesting ... red headed trumpeter swans. Thanks for the info on how this coloration comes about.