First Recorded Sighting of Once Near-Extinct Swan Species in NYC

First recorded sighting of once near-extinct swan species in NYC

A Trumpeter Swan is turning heads after it was spotted along the waterfront in Brooklyn for the first time ever recorded.

Behold NYC's First-Ever Trumpeter Swan

Brooklyn has been graced with the appearance of a swan so rare that experts say there have been no recorded sightings of the bird in New York City—until now. A lone trumpeter swan, one of only two swans native to North America (the orange-billed mute swans we see in our City parks are from Europe), appeared in the East River early last week, shocking local birders who immediately called in to the Wisconsin-based Trumpeter Swan Society to report …