Trumpeter swan Trumpeter swan The trumpeter swan ("Cygnus buccinator") is a species of swan found in North America. The heaviest living bird native to North America, it is also the largest extant species of waterfowl with a wingspan that may exceed . It is the American counterpart and a close relative of the whooper swan ("Cygnus cygnus") of Eurasia, and even has been considered the same species by some authorities. By 1933, fewer than 70 wild trumpeters were known to exist, and extinction seemed imminent, until aerial surveys discovered a Pacific population of several thousand trumpeters around Alaska's Copper River. Careful reintroductions
Bird Songs: The Final Recordings more fully". "All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except as indicated" Bird Songs: The Final Recordings Bird Songs: The Final Recordings is a live album trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie with an array of guest stars recorded at the Blue Note Jazz Club, New York City in 1992 and released on the Telarc label. The album, along with "To Bird with Love" and "To Diz with Love", represent the last recordings made by the legendary trumpeter before his death in 1993. The Allmusic review stated "This album and its companions might have worked better as videos, where one could still bask in Dizzy's