Biologists Weighing and Measuring a Swan in Order to Determine its Species, Alaska, 1957

Two men, kneeling, holding a Trumpeter Swan on to the ground by it's wings. The Man on the left center is holding the bird's neck. They are in an area with high grass.
Photo By/Credit

Peter E. K. Sheppard

Date Shot/Created
07/01/1957
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
An adult Swan captured during its molting period was weighed and measured by biologists to ascertain its identity as a Trumpeter Swan. Peninsula Lake near Bremner River, Alaska, July 1957.
Subject tags
Birds
Employees (USFWS)
History
Surveying
Work of the Service