<P> In the winter , they migrate to the southern tier of Canada , the eastern part of the northwest states in the United States , especially to the Red Rock Lakes area of Montana , the north Puget Sound region of northwest Washington state ; they have even been observed as far south as Pagosa Springs , Colorado . Historically , they ranged as far south as Texas and southern California . In addition , there is a specimen in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge , which was shot by F.B. Armstrong in 1909 at Matamoros , Tamaulipas , Mexico . Since 1992 , trumpeter swans have been found in Arkansas each November -- February on Magness Lake outside of Heber Springs . In early 2017 , a juvenile trumpeter swan took up residence in the French Broad River in Asheville , North Carolina , marking the first such sighting in that part of the state . </P>
where do trumpeter swans go in the winter
the southern tier of Canada the eastern part of the northwest states in the United States