Salem Swan / TrumpeterID

["Cliff and Lisa Weisse" <october at ida dot net>]

Last night Lisa found a page with photos of a juvenile Tundra that looks 
like the Salem bird, with a flat bill.  It's at 
http://www.muskoka.com/~sinclair/archives/tundraim.html.  Also there's a 
page on Joe Morlan's web site detailing differences between Tundra and 
Trumpeter Swans that's probably the most comprehensive I've seen.  It 
says that juv Tundra can have flat or even convex bill shape.  Slightly 
convex is the shape the Salem bird has to my eye.  
http://fog.ccsf.org/~jmorlan/trswid.htm  

Cliff

Cliff and Lisa Weisse
Island Park, ID
CliffandLisa@octobersetters.com
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