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Description

Mute swans in flight. Mute swans are an agressive invasive species. There are now over 3,000 mute swans in the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay. They are easily distinguished from the tundra swan by theirorange beaks.

Photographer

Mary Hollinger

Display Date

2000 July 23

Location

Maryland, Chesapeake Bay

Collection

America's Coastlines

Chesapeake Bay

Critters

NOAA Affiliation

NODC biologist

Keywords

Coastline

Chesapeake Bay Maryland