Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 15:03:00 -0500 Reply-To: sheath@erols.com Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Susan Heath Subject: Re: Wilde Lake swans MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MDOspreyers, I checked with the biologist at Airlie (Donielle Rininger) about the swans on Wilde Lake. One is a Trumpling (cross between a Tundra and Trumpeter) and one is a Trumpetling (cross between a Trumpeter female and hybrid Trumpling male). This confirms Jeffrey's comments about the swans. The Mute that had the broken leg was operated on (leg amputated) and is now living on a pond near Airlie. If anyone would like to question Donielle themselves, her e-mail address is envstudies@erols.com. Sue Sherry Peruzzi wrote: > I'm not aware of there ever having been part-tundra swans on Columbia's > lakes. The swans that used to be on Wilde Lake and are now at Lake > Elkhorn are trumplings -- hybrids that are half trumpeter and half > whistling. > > I just called the Columbia Association, which maintains the open space > areas, and is responsible for placing the swans on the lakes. The woman > there didn't know herself, so she got a report and started to read it to > me. She got as far as 1989, and decided it was too long, so she's going > to just send it to me instead. Hopefully the report is up to date. As > soon as I get it, I'll post the information about what kind of swans are > on each lake in Columbia. > > Sherry > > "Jeffrey A. Friedhoffer" wrote: > > > > My understanding of the ornamental swans is that one is half trumpeter and half tundra, the other is 3/4 trumpter and > > 1/4 tundra. > > > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= -- Susan Heath Fairfax County Centreville, VA sheath@erols.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================