International Swan Symposium & Trumpeter Swan Society, Jackson, WY October 2022

Monday, October 24th, 2022

History of The Trumpeter Swan Society

Author: Margaret Smith

Date: Monday, 24 October

Time: 08:10 – 08:30

History and role of the IUCN-SSC Swan Specialist Group

Author: Eileen Rees

Date: Monday, 24 October

Time: 08:30 – 08:50

Moving northeast – An update of the numbers and distribution of wintering Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus in continental Europe and western Asia: results of the January 2020 census

Author: Preben Clausen et al.

Date: Monday, 24 October

Time: 08:50 – 09:10

The Icelandic Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus population: current status and long-term (1986-2020) trends in its numbers and distribution

Author: Kane Brides et al.

Date: Monday, 24 October

Time: 09:10 – 09:30

Dynamics of the number and distribution of swans in the Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland (VIRTUAL)

Author: Yuriy Mikhailov et al.

Date: Monday, 24 October

Time: 09:30 – 09:50

History and status of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Trumpeter Swan flock

Author: Gary Ivey

Date: Monday, 24 October

Time: 09:50 – 10:10

Twenty-five years of Mute Swan population studies in central Poland

Author: Radoslaw Wlodarczyk

Date: Monday, 24 October

Time: 10:40 – 11:10

Status on the abundance levels and trends from the current Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) survey of the Rocky Mountain Population, U.S. Breeding Segment

Author: Dave Olson

Date: Monday, 24 October

Time: 10:10 – 11:30

Population estimates and trends in numbers for Bewick’s Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii wintering in the NW European and Caspian/Black Sea regions: results of the January 2020 census

Author: Eileen Rees et al

Date: Monday, 24 October

Time: 11:30 – 11:50

Recent expansion of Rocky Mountain Population Trumpeter Swan winter range into Oregon

Author: Martin St. Louis et al.

Date: Monday, 24 October

Time: 11:50 – 12:10

Trumpeter Swan Survey – resurrection or R.I.P.?

Author: Martin St. Louis et al.

Date: Monday, 24 October

Time: 11:50 – 12:10

Swans and lead angling weights: a perspective from Europe

Author: Kevin Wood et al.

Date: Monday, 24 October

Time: 14:20 – 14:40

A team effort: response, rehabilitation and release of Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator and Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus in western Washington State

Authors: Alysha Evans, Daniel Zimmerman et al.

Date: Monday, 24 October

Time: 14:40 – 15:00

Lead ammunition poisoning: A One Health issue with a simple solution: Lead ammunition poisoning: A One Health issue with a simple solution

Author: Julia Newth et al.

Date: Monday, 24 October

Time: 15:00 – 15:20

Development of tools to site-specifically monitor exposure and effects of lead in Tundra Swans Cygnus columbianus

Author: Mark Jankowski

Date: Monday, 24 October

Time: 15:20 – 15:40

A family affair: using GPS/GSM collars and auxiliary markers to quantify Trumpeter Swan cygnet survival and dispersal

Author: Anna Buckardt et al.

Date: Monday, 24 October

Time: 16:10 – 16:30

Thermal ecology of Trumpeter Swan incubation

Author: Paige Miller et al.

Date: Monday, 24 October

Time: 16:30 – 16:50

Eastern Bewick’s Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii survival as related to marking technique (VIRTUAL)

Author: Diana Solovyeva et al.

Date: Monday, 24 October

Time: 16:50 – 17:10

Tuesday, October 25th, 2022

Trumpeter Swan fidelity and winter movements in the Nebraska Sandhills.

Author: Mark Vrtiska et al.

Date: Tuesday, 25 October

Time: 08:30 – 08:50

Spring feeding of three species of swans in the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland (VIRTUAL)

Author: Sergei Kouzov et al.

Date: Tuesday, 25 October

Time: 08:50 – 09:10

Are they in it for the long haul? Tracking Rocky Mountain Trumpeter Swans in the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem and beyond

Author: Andrea Kristof et al.

Date: Tuesday, 25 October

Time: 09:10 – 09:30

Behavioural and energetic consequences of competition among three overwintering swan species

Author: Kevin Wood et al.

Date: Tuesday, 25 October

Time: 09:30 – 09:50

Winter range and implications for management of Wyoming Trumpeter Swans (Cygnus buccinator)

Author: Cody Pitz et al.

Date: Tuesday, 25 October

Time: 09:50 – 10:10

Successful reintroduction of Trumpeter Swans in Ohio: results of population surveys and movement studies

Author: Laura Kearns et al.

Date: Tuesday, 25 October

Time: 10:40 – 11:00

The stable, the declining and the increasing: results from 50 years of swan censuses in Denmark 1967-2020 explained – an update

Author: Preben Clausen et al.

Date: Tuesday, 25 October

Time: 11:00 – 11:20

Distribution, size and habitat choice of the Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus population breeding in Latvia and Estonia, 1973 – 2021

Authors: Dmitrijs Boiko & Leho Luigujõe

Date: Tuesday, 25 October

Time: 11:20 – 11:40

What drives staying and leaving during autumn migration of Bewick’s swans? (VIRTUAL)

Author: Hans Linssen et al.

Date: Tuesday, 25 October

Time: 11:40 – 12:00

Social learning of migration in swans: parental guidance during first return migration (VIRTUAL)

Author: Bart Nolet et al.

Date: Tuesday, 25 October

Time: 12:00 – 12:20

Influence of ice melting dates on the timing and bird number on spring migration stopovers of swans in the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland (VIRTUAL)

Author: Sergei Kouzov et al.

Date: Tuesday, 25 October

Time: 12:20 – 12:40

Farming for Whooper Swans Cygnus cygnus – efficacy of a mitigation programme for a road development in Northern Ireland

Author: Kerry Mackie et al.

Date: Tuesday, 25 October

Time: 14:00 – 14:20

Following 5P with Aristotelian Eyes: from the observation of Trumpeter Swan behaviour to the quest for living well.

Author: Gregory Beabout

Date: Tuesday, 25 October

Time: 14:20 – 14:40

Helping Trumpeter Swans one crayon at a time: developing activity books to inspire youth

Authors: Tiffany Mayo & Kelly Schouten

Date: Tuesday, 25 October

Time: 14:40 – 15:00

Thursday, October 27th, 2022

Interior Population Trumpeter Swan, Cygnus buccinator, annual movement and migration patterns

Author: David Wolfson

Date: Thursday, 27 October

Time: 08:30 – 08:50

Movements of the Rocky Mountain Population of Trumpeter Swans (Cygnus buccinator)

Author: Sharon Poessel

Date: Thursday, 27 October

Time: 08:50 – 09:10

Historic distribution of Trumpeter (Cygnus buccinator) and Tundra (Cygnus americanus) in North America, 1587-1950

Author: Carl Mitchell et al.

Date: Thursday, 27 October

Time: 09:10 – 09:30

Origins of Trumpeter Swans (Cygnus buccinator) taken during hunting seasons in the northern Rocky Mountains

Author: Todd Katzner

Date: Thursday, 27 October

Time: 09:30 – 09:50

Trumpeter Swans in Manitoba: range expansion and movements at the northern edge of the Mississippi Flyway (VIRTUAL)

Author: Timothy Poole

Date: Thursday, 27 October

Time: 09:50 – 10:10

Two distinct flyways with different population trends of Bewick’s Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii in East Asia (VIRTUAL)

Authors: Lei Fang, Lei Cao et al.

Date: Thursday, 27 October

Time: 10:10 – 10:30

Habitat use of Bewick’s Swans (Cygnus columbianus bewickii) during the non-breeding season in Germany (VIRTUAL)

Authors: Lisa Vergin & Jutta Leyrer

Date: Thursday, 27 October

Time: 11:20 – 11:40

Ecological network analysis in Bewick’s swans in northwest Europe, and considerations for Nature 2000 legislation (VIRTUAL)

Author: Rascha Nuijten et al.

Date: Thursday, 27 October

Time: 11:40 – 12:00

Increased survival, but lower reproductive rates within protected areas promotes population growth in a long-lived migratory waterbird (VIRTUAL)

Authors: Andrea SorianoRedondo, Stuart Bearhop et al.

Date: Thursday, 27 October

Time: 12:00 – 12:20

Status of Trumpeter Swan restoration and the promotion of wetlands in Iowa

Authors: Andrea SorianoRedondo, Stuart Bearhop et al.

Date: Thursday, 27 October

Time: 14:00 – 14:20

Examining locations in both the core and expansion areas of the U.S. Breeding Segment of the Rocky Mountain Population of Trumpeter Swans for improved conservation strategies.

Author: Dave Olson

Date: Thursday, 27 October

Time: 14:20 – 14:40

Trumpeter Swans and Wisconsin: reintroduction and current research (VIRTUAL)

Author: Taylor Finger

Date: Thursday, 27 October

Time: 14:40 – 15:00

Status of Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator and Tundra Swan C. columbianus populations and conservation challenges in Washington State.

Author: Kyle Spragens

Date: Thursday, 27 October

Time: 15:00 – 15:20

Phases of range expansion: Trumpeter Swans in the Green River Basin of Wyoming

Author: Susan Patla

Date: Thursday, 27 October

Time: 15:40 – 16:00

Retrospective analysis of a declining Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator population in Yellowstone National Park

Author: Evan Shields

Date: Thursday, 27 October

Time: 16:00 – 16:20

Conservation priorities for Trumpeter Swans and the TTSS

Author: Mike Anderson

Date: Thursday, 27 October

Time: 16:20 – 16:40