contents MEET THE FAMILY Trumpeter Swans of Wonder Lake LIFE BEGINS Featured Family Welcome to the World First Meal EARLY ADVENTURES Featured Family Look Who’s Upending Give It a Try 4 7 8 10 13 14 16 LIFE LESSONS Featured Family This Is How It’s Done Practice Makes Perfect SWAN SPOTTING Family Album Snapshots Words to Know Learn More Index 19 20 22 25 28 30 31 32
MEET THE FAMILY TRUMPETER SWANS of Wonder Lake Denali National Park and Preserve covers more than 6 million acres 2 4 million ha of Alaskan wilderness Deep in the park lies a unique inland ffjordjord called Wonder Lake Roughly three and a half miles 5 6 km long and one mile 1 6 km wide it is one of the park’s largest lakes With a depth of 250 feet 76 2 m Wonder Lake is the deepest body of water in Denali While lake trout and grayling swim in its depths horned grebes and northern pintails paddle on the lake’s mirrored surface Among the scattered cattails close to shore atop an abandoned muskrat lodge a pair of trumpeter swans built a nest It’s late May and for more than a month the large birds have guarded six eggs Now the parents hear a faint peeping from within the eggs It is time for their babies to enter the world
Spotlight on Nature: Swan
A detailed chronology of developmental milestones drives this life study of swans, including their habitats, physical features, and conservation measures taken to protect these long-necked water birds.
About This Book
By: Melissa Gish
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Published by: Creative Education by the Creative Company
