Baby swans fledge from Yellowstone's Swan Lake for the first time in 55 years

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Photos of the cygnets show them flying by their parents in the northern part of the national park.

to preserve the species has been a huge success. In 2015, it was estimated there were 63,000 trumpeter swans in North America. However, in Yellowstone National Park, the population declined. In 2019, there were just 27 resident swans. Park biologists have been releasing young swans in the park over several years in the hope they will start breeding there.Photos of the cygnets were posted to the Yellowstone National Parkpage.

"At first, they can only dabble and graze, then as time passes, they learn to forage and care for themselves while staying close together as a family group," the post said. About three to four months after birth they started to fly, making short trips around the lake. Park officials said one of the four cygnets struggled to learn to fly and was at risk of dying.

"He/she could not sustain flight with the rest of the cygnets and was left behind when the lake started to freeze over," they said on Facebook."Sometimes when a cygnet is not able to fly before freeze-up in autumn, it will die. In this case, the weather warmed up and the lone cygnet was able to forage on his/her own in the lake."

This cygnet, however, did not meet an unhappy end."About a week and a half, the family returned and reunited with him/her," the post said."The fourth cygnet was finally able to fly and earlier this month they all left together to find open water."

 

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