Hi all,

I just received details about the 2 neck-collared Tundra Swans (thanks
BBL!!) that Jim Green, John Hubbell, Bill Hubick, Dan Small and I saw at the
Worcester County Landfill on 9 January 2010-

The bird with the neck collar "T234" was banded "27 miles NE of Nuiqsut,
North Slope Borough, Alaska (Lat: 70.41667, Lon: -149.91667).  The bird is a
female and was banded on 29 August 2007 as a juvenile.

The bird with neck neck collar "TJ2" was banded at Carson Lake, Nevada (Lat:
39.29167, Lon:-118.65833).  This was only the third record of a Tundra Swan
switching from the Pacific Flyway to the Atlantic Flyway, so this sighting
is quite significant (photos of this bird can be seen at :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeycerw/4313696052/).  The bird is a male and
was banded on 21 February 2009 as a bird that hatched in 2007 or earlier.


Good Birding!
Mikey Lutmerding
Croom, MD