[texbirds] Re: Hemphill Co. Swan
- From: Graham Floyd <spcgraham.floyd@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "c.o.carver@xxxxxxxxx" <c.o.carver@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2013 08:46:06 -0600
Great photos Cameron. Looking at:
http://www.sibleyguides.com/2006/02/distinguishing-trumpeter-and-tundra-swans/
Reading that, I would call it a Tundra Swan. The shape of the bill line
between the eyes to me appears curved rather than pointy, and the small yellow
dot Sibley seems to consider diagnostic.
Graham Floyd,
San Antonio, TX
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> On Dec 24, 2013, at 4:28 AM, Cameron Carver <c.o.carver@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Greetings,
> While driving through Canadian yesterday I noticed a swan in the unfrozen
> part of the ponds east of town. I drive through Canadian a lot and always
> check these ponds from the road for waterfowl. I swung into the lot and
> watched the swan swimming about in the little unfrozen section. The bill of
> the bird struck me as rather un-tundra-like with the exception that it did
> have small dots of yellow in the bill (a characteristic I did not notice in
> the field).
>
> http://flic.kr/p/iyM8hy
>
> http://flic.kr/p/iyMiLr
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Cameron Carver
> Lubbock, TX
>
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