When I saw them, I reported them as tundra, but my first thought had been trumpeter. The heads were stained yellowish, and I second-guessed myself – George Fearon photographed K33 clearly and reported it as a trumpeter. Linda Van Buskirk
From: bounce-111360161-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-111360161-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Suan Yong Sent: Friday, December 27, 2013 9:20 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] K33 and A21 My Christmas day tour of some recent snowy owl spots - Ovid, Aunkst, Martin, Potatoes - found none, though there was a nice gathering of birders at the Potatoes building braving the cold together. In the Union Springs Mill Pond were two swans with yellow wing tags (K33, A21) as has been reported earlier in the month, and at risk of becoming the boy who cries trumpeter, I think that's what these are: http://m.flickr.com/photos/50094151@N03/sets/72157639067923424/ Have the Union Springs regulars been seeing these, and has anyone reported the tags to figure out where they may have come from? Thanks. Suan P.S. For those keeping track, the conclusion from my last possible trumpeter photos from Stewart Park is a tundra (thanks Lee Ann and Kevin). I failed to mention then that that bird did not look noticeably bigger than the other, FWIW. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! - -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
