Solo, the trumpeter swan who's been returning to Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge for at least three and possibly four decades, arrived at Winslow Pond on Monday, Jan. 25, 2010. This time he returned with the mate he found in 2009 and three of the four cygnets they produced that spring.
As he has for possibly more than four decades, the trumpeter swan nicknamed Solo returned Monday to the year’s first big patch of ice-free water at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge. This time, however, he didn’t return alone. Solo was joined by the mate he found last year and three of the four cygnets they produced at the refuge last spring.
Ending fears that he may have been killed by poachers in Stevens County, the trumpeter swan nicknamed Solo returned Monday to the year’s first big patch of ice-free water at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge. And he didn’t return alone. Solo was joined by the mate he found last year and three of the four cygnets they produced at the refuge last spring.