Re: Trumpeter Swans at Conowingo
Marcia Watson-Whitmyre (mww@UDel.Edu)
Mon, 25 Jan 1999 10:10:00 -0500
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rick wrote:
> Paul:
>
> What amazes me is that you are the only person I know of who made
> an effort to see the birds.
I have been DYING to get over to Conowingo to see these birds, but what with
family things and then falling on the ice and hurting my back, I haven't been
able to get out there.
> but I
> believe these birds have a legitimate chance to be countable.
I don't care if they are countable or not. I think this is a great opportunity
to study a bird that we don't get to see around here. I have seen
non-countable Trumpeters on the upper peninsula in Michigan, and possibly one
real wild bird, with no band. They are great to look at regardless of whether
they can be ticked off.
> I suspect
> they are from the Great Lakes breeding population. The people at Airlie in
> Virginia and from Horsehead Woods say they are absolutely not theirs, all
> of which are banded and accounted for, and they say they know of no one who
> has this species in captivity except for the groups working with them. Not
> a shock, considering that it is an Endangered species.
Rick, thanks so much for sending your thoughts about possible origin. It
seemed to me that if these were escapes from a licensed program, surely someone
would have spoken up, and I am glad to hear that in fact none of the banded
swans are missing. I am excited about the possible historical significance -
when was the last time that a wild Trumpeter was seen on the Eastern Shore -
1920 or thereabouts?
Because of these posts from Rick and Paul, I am going to redouble my efforts to
get over there for a look. I hope that anyone who has any information or other
educated guesses about the origin of these birds will post to MDOsprey.
Marcia Watson-Whitmyre
Cecil County
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