Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 09:05:59 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Arlene Ripley Subject: Re: Schoolhouse Pond Swan In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Just wondering Fred, have you heard the swan vocalize at all? I wonder if this would help solve the mystery about this bird? ///////// Arlene Ripley | || Calvert County, MD | 0 || aripley@nestbox.com | || http://www.nestbox.com || At 09:01 AM 2/8/01, Fred Shaffer wrote: >I just wanted to add some observations concerning the now famous swan >at Schoolhouse Pond. Regarding the yellow in the bill, as the photo in the >paper showed, it does not extend across the top of the bill. However, it >is much more extensive than the "maximum" yellow for a Whistling Swan shown >in the Sibley Guide. Also, it does extend down to a point on the "lip" of >the bill. These two points are not really clear in the photograph. In >addition, two mute swans appeared at the pond last week and the Swan in >question is very comparable in size to these two birds. Finally, the bill >shape is not that of a Tundra Swan. ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================