Hello Christina, I concur with your impression of the bird in the field, the subtly daintier jizz¹ of the mystery swan looks fine for Tundra opposed to the heftier Trumpeter Swan. Beautiful shot- wonderful light!
Gerard Phillips Ontario On 11/29/09 9:43 PM, "Christina Wilkinson" <nutrich...@rcn.com> wrote: > Hi everyone. > > I spent the afternoon at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. The usual assortment of > waterfowl was present. But there was also this swan, which looked to me like > a Tundra Swan. Other birders that saw it with me thought the same, but > another birder I showed photos to found them to be inconclusive. The photos > were taken from far away and the light was about as bad as could possibly be. > I don¹t want anyone to miss out on a good bird if it actually is a Tundra > Swan. So if you are at Jamaica Bay, go to the bench at the end of the > Terrapin Trail and keep an eye out for it beyond the signpost. The photos > give you a better idea of where to look. It was by itself and there were no > other swans observed on today¹s trip. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/nutrichris/sets/72157622901879292/ > > Thanks. > > Christina Wilkinson > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
