Tundra Swan
| Cygnus columbianus | Order: Anseriformes | Family: Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl) |
Cygnus columbianus
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl)
America’s migratory swan nests in Alaska and northern Canada; a large percent of the population winters in the Chesapeake Bay. Most American birders see them only during their long spring and fall migrations.
Laura's Published Works
Radio Programs
- Spring Reunions 2023
- Birds in Art, Part 2: The 2022 Exhibit at the Woodson Art Museum 2022
- They Shoot Swans, Don't They? (TIME SENSITIVE. MUST be aired on April 20,.) 2020
- Of Weddings and Baseball 2018
- Unexpected Trip to Chicago 2017
- Birds Named for Their Sounds 2016
- Poems by J. Drew Lanham 2016
- Pupdate: Pip at Eleven Months 2015
- Billy Collins's Genius 2015
- Birding at Minnesota River Valley National Wildlife Refuge 2006
- Birding from a Deer Stand 2006
- Wood Frogs 2006
- Migration Update 2006
- Tundra Swans 2006
- Spring Advancing 2006 2006
- Scott Weidensaul's Wonderful Essay in the New York Times 2005
- Tundra Swans 2003
- Awkward Season 2002
- Cruisin' with Spring 2002
- How the Raven Saved Christmas (reworked) 2001
- Leonids 2001
- Swans 2000
- Smew! 2000
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2000
- Superlative Birds 1999
- Weird Weather 1998
- Tundra Swans 1998
- Woodson Art Museum 1996
- Swan recipes 1995
- Superlative Birds 1995
- Swans 1995
- Swans (Don't Shoot Them!) (Placeholder) 1994
- How the Raven Saved Christmas (Placeholder) 1993
- How the Raven Saved Christmas 1992
- How the Raven Saved Christmas (Original) 1989
- Stranger than Fiction 1989
- Uh, Don't Shoot Swans 1987
- At the Zoo 1987
- Stranger than Fiction: Today's Bird Quiz 1986
Sound Recording
- Tundra Swans 2023