[wisb] Re: TRUMPETER SWANS IN FOND DU LAC COUNTY!!??
- From: Maureen Gross <cygnusbuccinator@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rockneknuth@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 08:08:50 -0500
The voice will tell you what species they are.
Maureen Gross
Mukwonago, Waukesha Co.
Rockne Knuth wrote:
> This is a tough one. Last week I spotted a pair of swans in Supple's Marsh
> which is in the northern city limits of Fond du Lac on Hwy 45 in Fond du Lac
> County. They were far out along a cattail edge, both asleep with heads
> tucked in. One was in the water, the other on a platform of cattails. I had
> no idea what species they could be.
> Yesterday I saw a single bird in open water north of the first parking lot
> along the entrance to the Marsh - also on Hwy 45. Again it was far off - too
> far to know for sure. It's body was sleek like a Tundra or Trumpeter, but it
> held it's neck in a curve, like a Mute. If it had an orange bill or knob, I
> couldn't see it with certainty.
>
> Today both birds were in open water by the small bridge over an outlet from
> the marsh on Hwy 45. They were closer this time. They were certainly not
> Mute Swans. They held their neck stiff and straight, their bills were
> black, and the bodies sleek and trim. My eyes are not good enough to
> determine the facial pattern, so I can not be sure if they are Tundra or
> Trumpeter Swans. My hunch is that Tundra Swans would be out of here by now,
> and these birds seem to be setting up housekeeping. I'm hoping some
> youngster can take a look. A scope would be Helpful.
>
> Rockne Knuth
> Oshkosh WI
>
> "Perhaps it is always the destined role of the compassionate to be strangers
> among men. To fail and pass, to fail and come again."
> Loren Eiseley
> Unexpected Universe
>
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