In juvenile swans, black legs = tundra, yellow/green legs = trumpeter. I see black, so yes for Tundra.
Nick Komar Fort Collins CO > On Jan 2, 2019, at 1:44 PM, Ben S <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all - > Found a swan swimming in the South Platte River about 1/4 of a mile south of > mineral bridge at South Platte Park about two hours ago. It was swimming > around, and briefly walked along the shore, but began swimming south. It was > clearly either an immature Trumpeter or Tundra Swan. I am leaning towards > Tundra because of modest size (not too much bigger than a Canada Goose) and > bill shape. Other birds of note was every regular CO species of diver at the > SW end of South Platte Reservoir (the rest was frozen), including 5 > Canvasback and 14 Greater Scaup; as well as the continueing Black Scoter. > Other birds of note were a Prairie Falcon at south platte reservoir, a male > Northern Pintail on the river, a Hairy Woodpecker (heard only), Northern > Shrike, American Pipit (heard), and the continueing American Dipper (heard > only) near the Mineral Bridge. I am fairly sure the swan is a Tundra Swan, > but I will add these pictures so hopefully someone can confirm or refute > this: > > <IMG_7376 - Edited.jpg> > > > > <IMG_7380 - Edited.jpg> > > > > And, here is a link to my ebird checklist for more photos/details of the swan > and other birds: > > > > https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S51223740 (South Platte Reservoir) > > > > https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S51223859 (South Platte Park -- C470 area) > -- swan pics > > https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S51223923 (SOuth Platte Park) > > Ben Sampson, > Centennial, CO > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/5ef04da3-d185-4eac-b9ce-f7bb1df74d8d%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > <IMG_7376 - Edited.jpg> > <IMG_7380 - Edited.jpg> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/79B945F4-7595-4B44-9C4C-9145C20F9343%40comcast.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
