I went to Monticello 2 weeks ago to see the swans by the power plant. I picked up a flyer. In response to the question of the tagging of Trumpeter Swans, the following is quoted from the flyer..."Minnesota swans are tagged on the wing. Left wing tag indicates females, right wing tag is male. Iowa swans have neck collars (white, red or green). The flyer didn't say what color Minnesota tags are.
Can anyone explain why some Trumpeters have red plumage on their heads and necks? I took a photo of a swan who had red on the top of its head, down the neck and continued down its underside. http://s167.photobucket.com/albums/u149/DianeGulb/Wildlife/?action=view <http://s167.photobucket.com/albums/u149/DianeGulb/Wildlife/?action=view&cur rent=IMG_6041.jpg> ¤t=IMG_6041.jpg Diane Gulbrandson -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080126/015d58a8/attachment.html
