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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		Do Swans, Sandhill Cranes, and Whooping Cranes Summer Anywhere in Wisconsin?
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:04:02
	Publish Date:		2019-07-22 05:00:00
	Description:		For this week’s Wildlife Matters, the Masked Biologist tackles another Curious North question, about some of Wisconsin’s largest migratory birds—swans and cranes. This is another curious north question that captured my interest, so I thought I would spend some time talking about some of our area’s less common migratory birds. Rosemary Resch asked “Do swans, sandhill cranes and whooping cranes summer anywhere in Wisconsin or are they primarily migratory?” We have two native swan breeds in Wisconsin. The trumpeter swan is the largest native waterfowl species in North America, measuring six feet long and weighing 25 pounds. It is an all-white bird with a heavy, pointed black bill. The black from the bill goes up and surrounds the eye, and there is a narrow, salmon-red stripe along the lower mandible. The call of the swan earns the name trumpeter, because it sounds much like a brass instrument. This bird can live for 20-30 years, and mates for life. Once you have a pair establish in an
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