82K is back!

As we were driving to dinner tonight we happened to spot Trumpeters in open water just a couple of miles from our house. It's such a joy to see them again, especially this one, 82K (with the green collar in the middle). She was hatched in 1989 so she'll be 21 years old this spring. She was captive reared and released as a 2 year old on a local lake. She's a Crex swan now but I don't think she's nested for a couple of years. She's lost a couple of her mates but was seen with her new uncollared boyfriend last year. It will be interesting to see if they nest this year.
Kathy J.