[birdky] Re: RPT: Probable Trumpeter Swans at London
- From: "Palmer-Ball, Brainard (EPPC OOS KNPC)" <Brainard.Palmer-Ball@xxxxxx>
- To: "BIRDKY" <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:55:08 -0500
I wanted to follow up on this post from yesterday. This morning John
Brunjes forwarded a link to discussion of swan ID by David Sibley at:
http://www.sibleyguides.com/swans.htm
If you buy into what Sibley says about bill and head strucutre then the
two birds at London clearly appear to be Tundras.
So in less than 24 hours of cursory analysis I've now received opinions
that the birds could be any of the three swan species, plus the
potential that they could be hybrids! I'll ask Gary Ritchison to post
the images to the KOS site so all can share in the puzzle ASAP.
For the short term, I'd at the least like to retract my post of
"probable" Trumpeters from yesterday. At the moment I am a Sibley
disciple and regarding them as Tundras :o)
bpb, Frankfort
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Subject: [birdky] RPT: Probable Trumpeter Swans at London
January 23, 2008: Wendi Allen of the London Bird Club has been keeping
me up to date on a pair of immature swans that she and Granville Cox
have been keeping tabs on at London the past week. Her very nice photos
of the birds appear to illustrate two sub-adult Trumpeter Swans,
although I admit to not having gained enough familiarity with immature
swan ID to be certain. They might *clearly* be young Trumpeters if it
was not for their snow-white plumage, but their splotchy bill pattern
and head/bill structure indicate imm. Trumpeter. The birds have been
seen on a couple of different ponds along Court Road near Victory
Baptist Church, 1/2 mile or so off US 25E. The birds are apparently
unbanded, but as with many swans they are somewhat tame.
bpb, Frankfort
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