[Tweeters] black swans??

[ck park via Tweeters]

as seen here, black swans are rarely all black...  easiest to notice when
they are flying and/or doing a bit of stretching...
FYI -- black swans can be seen Way Out of Range.  for example, i found
several around more rural sections of france, north, west, and south.  the
UK introduced them in i think the 1800s as ornamentals; occasional escapees
can sometimes be found flying around.

like trileigh, i'd love to see them around here...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Black_Swan_in_Flight_Crop.jpg

On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 2:52 PM Trileigh Tucker via Tweeters <
tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:


> 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.

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

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> Trileigh

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> *Trileigh Tucker*

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> *Pelly Valley, West Seattle *

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> *NaturalPresenceArts.com <http://naturalpresencearts.com/>*

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> *T r i ^a t ^ s e a t t l e u ^d o t^ e d u*

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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??

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> 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.

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>      (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.)

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> Thanks.

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> Martha Jordan

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> mj.cygnus at gmail dot com

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