When I photographed trumpeter swans last weekend I had no idea that there was such a story behind the swans. The swans were hunted to elimination in Minnesota in the 1880s. Plans to bring them back to native Minnesota started in 1977 and in the 1980s, 100 years AFTER the swans had dissappeared, plans were [...]
Archive | January, 2010
The Swan Lady & the Trumpeter Swans – Monticello MN
An early morning start and a 6 hour drive joined me with four friends and others in a small area along the Mississippi River to photograph trumpeter swans. I could hear them as I parked my car, their voices constantly squacking at one another. The light was the typical Midwest winter gray shade but the [...]






