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A family of trumpeter swans swims in clear waters of Tangle Lakes hiding in the grasses in the shadow of Alaska's Denali National Park. Trumpeter Swans forage in shallow water, reaching under the surface to eat aquatic vegetation. Although Trumpeter Swans have been dubbed “a classic conservation success” and numbers have increased, human threats affect the population. The swans are extremely sensitive to human disturbance at their breeding sites and will abandon nests and cygnets if disturbed.
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- MELISSA FARLOW
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- 6000x3999 / 24.1MB
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alaska, and wetlands, animal behavior, animals, animals (subject), aquatic grasses, aquatic plants, birds, concepts (subject), cygnus buccinator, geography, groups of animals, guarding (by animals), juvenile birds, marshes, north america, parenting (by animals), plants, security (concept), subject, swamps, swans, swimming (by animals), trumpeter swans, united states
- Contained in galleries
- The Big Open_Public Lands_National Geographic magazine and book 8/2001
