Comments on: Tundra Swans’ Migration Day https://thinkingafield.org/2012/11/tundra-swans-migration-day.html Outdoor commentary and legislative issues. Thu, 27 Dec 2012 13:23:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Glen https://thinkingafield.org/2012/11/tundra-swans-migration-day.html#comment-1750 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 13:23:31 +0000 http://thinkingafield.org/?p=7077#comment-1750 In reply to Brian Floor.

Wow! Very cool, from one birder to another. I have a small tributary to the Looking Glass River on my property and have been seeing a Great Blue Heron fishing in it daily. And, last week I noticed large numbers of Eastern Blue Birds in my wildlife food plots. Hope they made it out of here before this storm, because food will be scarce now.

Just yesterday, I noticed the Great Blue Heron is fishing in the creek after a crust of ice had melted. It appears that the bluebirds have decided to move South now.

]]> By: Brian Floor https://thinkingafield.org/2012/11/tundra-swans-migration-day.html#comment-1748 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 02:26:00 +0000 http://thinkingafield.org/?p=7077#comment-1748 Christmas Day 2012 I photographed Tundra Swans on Barron Lake in Niles, MI. The lake is still open except for a skim of ice here and there. I thought they were Trumpeter Swans but the vocals did not match. There may have been some Trumpeters Swans in the mix as I identified two snow geese, the obvious Canada geese and a Mute Swan as well. I shot 70 some photos with a 70-200 lens and Nikon D700 getting as close as I could without spooking the birds. Some of my photos revealed the yellow eye patch while other swans didn’t appear to have one. Just happy I was able to positively identify the Tundra because I knew the vocals were not Trumpeters. A few years ago I photographed some Willets on my beach on Barron Lake. I’ve been here 16 years and have only seen Willets one time and now Tundra Swans for the first time. Maybe I’m just paying more attention?

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