Trumpeter swans swim in a snowy, flooded cornfield at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge on Nov. 18 in this week’s Photo of the Week.
The largest waterfowl native to North America nearly went extinct in the 1930s. Only 69 trumpeters were known to be alive south of Canada, according to the Trumpeter Swan Society.
Though extinction seemed imminent, another 2,000 trumpeter swans were later discovered in Alaska in the 1960s.
Efforts to protect and reintroduce the birds across the U.S. led to their removal from the U.S. endangered species list in 1968.
The birds have successfully rebounded but are still relatively rare in New York.
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