Many years ago I noticed that adult swans standing on ice were differentiated by leg and feet size, especially when they (the swans, not the legs) were standing near each other. Trumpeter: thick legs and feet like swim fins Tundra: thinner legs, smaller feet. These features are easy to see in the fine photos from yesterday.
As a lyric in the Fats Waller song (*Your feels too big!)* points out: *"Your pedal extremities are colossal!" (sung to a Trumpeter)* Joe Roller, Denver amateur podiatrist Another stanza goes: "*There were four of us, me, your big feet and you!* *From your ankles up, I'd say you sure look sweet;* *From there down there's just too much feet*". Of course, that sort of body shaming was acceptable in the 1930's. This year, not so much. -- 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/CAJpZcUBUfnoMTpg5wRSYNwuMVXQAzsXpg4yGyeg%2BNgk%2BLhDEbw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
