Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)

Tundra Swans are native and locally abundant along the North Carolina northern coastal plain at places such as Lake Mattamuskeet, Lake Phelps, and the nearby National Wildlife Refuges (Pungo, Alligator River, Pocosin Lakes, Pea Island, etc.).

Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
Kalamazoo Co., MI
15 Mar 2004

Note the black bill with a touch of yellow in the lores.

	Tundra Swans (Cygnus columbianus) Pungo Unit, Pocosin Lakes NWR, Hyde Co., NC 11 Jan 2015
	Tundra Swans (Cygnus columbianus) Pungo Unit, Pocosin Lakes NWR, Hyde Co., NC 11 Jan 2015

Tundra Swans (Cygnus columbianus)
Lee Metcalf NWR, Ravalli Co., MT
4 Mar 2015

Tundra Swans (Cygnus columbianus) just after sunrise at Lake Mattamuskeet.

Hyde Co., NC
8 Jan 2006

Tundra Swans (Cygnus columbianus)
Pungo Unit, Pocosin Lakes NWR, Hyde Co., NC
19 Jan 2013

	Tundra Swans (Cygnus columbianus) Pungo Unit, Pocosin Lakes NWR, Hyde Co., NC 11 Jan 2015
	Tundra Swans (Cygnus columbianus) Pungo Lake, Pocosin Lakes NWR, Hyde Co., NC 11 Jan 2015
	Tundra Swans (Cygnus columbianus) Pungo Lake, Pocosin Lakes NWR, Hyde Co., NC 11 Jan 2015
	Tundra Swans (Cygnus columbianus) Pungo Unit, Pocosin Lakes NWR, Hyde Co., NC 11 Jan 2015
	Tundra Swans (Cygnus columbianus) Pungo Unit, Pocosin Lakes NWR, Hyde Co., NC 11 Jan 2015
	Tundra Swans (Cygnus columbianus) Pungo Unit, Pocosin Lakes NWR, Hyde Co., NC 11 Jan 2015
	Tundra Swans (Cygnus columbianus) Pungo Unit, Pocosin Lakes NWR, Hyde Co., NC 11 Jan 2015 Several Ross's Geese and Snow Geese gathered in this flock of Tundra Swans toward the late afternoon.
	Tundra Swans (Cygnus columbianus) Pungo Unit, Pocosin Lakes NWR, Hyde Co., NC 11 Jan 2015
	Tundra Swans (Cygnus columbianus) Pungo Unit, Pocosin Lakes NWR, Hyde Co., NC 11 Jan 2015 Scoping the swans and geese from the roadside

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