Every time I see these birds I treasure the sight and remember that the Trumpeter Swan once occurred across North America from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Upon their arrival, Europeans hunted and harassed the swan to the point where in 1933 there were only 77 Trumpeters breeding in Canada and 50 breeding in the United States. Today, as a result of an intensive international conservation effort, there are about 16,000 wild Trumpeter Swans, and the species is no longer considered in danger of extinction.