Great news everyone! The trumpeter swans (
Cygnus buccinator) have arrived in the Arboretum. Trumpeter swans are North America's largest bird and the world's largest waterfowl. I saw two adults and two juveniles feeding down in the Huron River just a few minutes ago.
The native trumpeter swan can be distinguished from the invasive mute swan but the color of its bill: trumpeter swans have a black bill; mute swans have an orange bill.
Shhh...your spelling is showing. :) rumpeter and sawn aren't really words.
ReplyDeleteThat's great news! I love swans, any kind, but I had no idea that one was larger than the other. In the spring I always look for Herons.
-Cass
Amazing - I think we need and ArbCam. I bet the spelling is from cold fingers on an iphone (?)
ReplyDeleteAn Arb cam would be cool.
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