[Tweeters] black swans??

[Trileigh Tucker via Tweeters]

Martha, is this person usually a reliable source? I could sort of see a novice birder seeing cormorants fly somewhere, looking to the untrained eye like black swans.

But it’d be fun if they are indeed the latter!

Trileigh


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From: Martha Jordan via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Friday, November 15, 2024 at 6:09 PM
To: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Subject: [Tweeters] black swans??
Has anyone seen or heard of anyone seeing black swans flying or on the ground/water in the area south of Monroe all the way down to Stillwater?    I got a report today from a woman who absolutely says she has seen 3 black swans flying around in this area over the last month.  When I queried her more, she said they were all black.  Juvenile trumpeters can appear very dark, perhaps by some to be black.  Therefore, I send out the inquiry.
     (Lewis and Clark journals state that they saw black and white swans near the mouth of the Columbia River.  From what all us biologists can determine, these were adult and juvenile Trumpeter Swans.)
Thanks.

Martha Jordan
mj.cygnus at gmail dot com

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