Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 18:05:03 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Sherry Peruzzi Subject: Re: Wilde Lake swans MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thanks for the information, Sue -- I stand corrected. I was talking to an employee of the Open Space division a couple of months ago and mentioned something about the trumplings at Wilde Lake, and he specifically corrected me and said the trumplings had been moved to Lake Elkhorn and there was "a pair of purebred trumpeter swans" on Wilde Lake. He seemed to know what he was talking about, and he does work for that department, so I believed what he said. Thank you also for the report on the mute with the broken leg. We had been watching it every day and had reported it to the Columbia Association and everyone else we could find, hoping someone could do something about it. I'm so glad to hear it's doing well! I wish it could be brought back to Wilde Lake, its mate apparently still misses it, but I know that's out of the question ... or am I anthropomorphizing too much? I received an e-mail kindly explaining that whistling swans *are* tundra swans, something my bird book failed to tell me. :-( We live very close to Wilde Lake and walk around it every day, often bringing our lunch to eat on the bench that overlooks the artificial island. We've spent a lot of time watching those swans ... it's nice to have it cleared up as to what they are! Sherry Susan Heath wrote: > > 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 > ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================