[texbirds] Re: Hemphill Co. Swan
- From: Jim Hailey <irasciblej@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "spcgraham.floyd@xxxxxxxxx" <spcgraham.floyd@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2013 12:00:30 -0600
Definately tundra. Yellow mark , head shape and on trumpeter the black stops at
the edge of the eye
Sent from my iPhone Jim Hailey
> On Dec 24, 2013, at 8:46 AM, Graham Floyd <spcgraham.floyd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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
>
> Merry Christmas!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> 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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