Re: [nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay mystery swan - possibly Tundra Swan

2009-11-30 Thread SLIMBIRD Gerard
Hello Christina, I concur with your impression of the bird in the field, the subtly daintier Œjizz¹ 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" wrote: > Hi

Re: [nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay mystery swan - possibly Tundra Swan

2009-11-30 Thread SLIMBIRD Gerard
Hello Christina, I concur with your impression of the bird in the field, the subtly daintier Œjizz¹ 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

[nysbirds-l] Jamaica Bay mystery swan - possibly Tundra Swan

2009-11-29 Thread Christina Wilkinson
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