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Tundra Swans (Cygnus columbianus)
The Tundra Swan is a majestic and stately bird. There is nothing comparable to being out on a beautiful spring day near a marsh or open lake and hear their "whooping sound".
The males have an average weight of 10 pounds (4.5 kg) and the females are around 7 pounds (3.2 kg). The eggs are up to 3 inches long (1.4 cm) and are mottled in color. The males and females are the same color and one can only differentiate between them are by their size. You may find some having an ash gray color which are the immature or juveniles, that take from 1 to 2 years to mature.
A Tundra swan is all white with black feet and a black bill, and has a yellow dot or 1/4 yellow at the end near its eye. Their song is a whooping sound. Be careful not to mistake them for their sister species, the Trumpeter Swan, that can be 2/3rds larger and have a solid black bill. The Trumpeter Swan’s call is also different and sounds like a French horn.
North American tundra swans have two distinct populations, an Eastern and Western. The Eastern population breed from the Canadian Arctic to Northwest Alaska (10,000 in Alaska), and migrate across the continent to winter on the Atlantic coast. They used to congregate in Chesapeake Bay, but the pollution and declination of the bays abundant aquatic vegetation has caused them to relocate south to North Carolina.
More info: [link]
Featured by the talented Amélia
in her "Swan" journal: [link] .
The Tundra Swan is a majestic and stately bird. There is nothing comparable to being out on a beautiful spring day near a marsh or open lake and hear their "whooping sound".
The males have an average weight of 10 pounds (4.5 kg) and the females are around 7 pounds (3.2 kg). The eggs are up to 3 inches long (1.4 cm) and are mottled in color. The males and females are the same color and one can only differentiate between them are by their size. You may find some having an ash gray color which are the immature or juveniles, that take from 1 to 2 years to mature.
A Tundra swan is all white with black feet and a black bill, and has a yellow dot or 1/4 yellow at the end near its eye. Their song is a whooping sound. Be careful not to mistake them for their sister species, the Trumpeter Swan, that can be 2/3rds larger and have a solid black bill. The Trumpeter Swan’s call is also different and sounds like a French horn.
North American tundra swans have two distinct populations, an Eastern and Western. The Eastern population breed from the Canadian Arctic to Northwest Alaska (10,000 in Alaska), and migrate across the continent to winter on the Atlantic coast. They used to congregate in Chesapeake Bay, but the pollution and declination of the bays abundant aquatic vegetation has caused them to relocate south to North Carolina.
More info: [link]
Featured by the talented Amélia
in her "Swan" journal: [link] .Image size
3939x3030px 3.33 MB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 40D
Shutter Speed
1/1024 second
Aperture
F/10.0
Focal Length
300 mm
ISO Speed
250
Date Taken
Nov 27, 2008, 5:03:00 PM
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