Trumpeter swan, Cygnus buccinator

Tundra swans standing in the snow. Photo by Phil Douglass, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.

Releasing trumpeter swans at Farmington Bay, Great Salt Lake, Utah

Snow geese in a field near Delta, Utah. Photo by Lynn Chamberlain, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.

Large flock of snow geese near Delta, Utah

Snow geese in flight. Photo by Lynn Chamberlain, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

American wigeons, ducks

Snow geese in a field near Delta, Utah. Photo by Lynn Chamberlain, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

Two Canada geese

Tundra Swan

American white pelicans, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

American white pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

Wood duck on an old nest box. Photo taken 12-26-06 by Phil Douglass, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.

American widgeon drake at Harold Crane Waterfowl Management Area. Photo by Phil Douglass.

Northern pintail drake at Harold Crane Waterfowl Management Area. Photo by Phil Douglass

You can see thousands of snow and Ross' geese at the Snow Goose Festival. Photo taken 2-7-06, courtesy of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.

Large flock of snow geese near Delta, Utah

Lots of migrating snow geese feeding in a field. Photo by J. Kirk Gardner, courtesy of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

Common merganser with a fish. Photo by J. Kirk Gardner, courtesy of Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.

Wild tundra swans at sunset over the marshes of the Great Salt Lake. Photo by Phil Douglass

Not all Canada geese are equal! Scientists have identified up to 11 different subspecies of geese like the "lesser" Canada goose in the middle of this photo. Notice the band on the leg of the lead bird. Photo by Phil Douglass.

A flock of Canada geese in flight is always a thrilling sight. Photo by Phil Douglass