I've got lots of responses to the Skagit swans post, and so for the curious have found a website with lots more detailed information and illustrations on the tundra swans here.
It has information on differentiating tundras from trumpeters and includes apt poetic descriptions like "Visitors flying over the swan's tundra nesting grounds readily spot them, as they appear as miniature icebergs adrift on the numerous lakes and ponds dotting the landscape" and "Seeing a flock of swans migrating on a cold, clear night looking like graceful ghosts with translucent wings against a full moon is a truly memorable sight."
The art above is by the amazing Salt Spring Island wildlife painter Robert Bateman.
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