Subject: Utah Birders Asking For Some Help
Date: Feb 4 19:04:07 2004
From: Peter Sullins - thesullinsfamily at earthlink.net


All...

Our fellow birders in Utah are asking for our help with a Swan Study...


Peter Sullins
The Sullins Family
In The Village of Silver Firs
Everett, WA
TheSullinsFamily at earthlink.net





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From: owner-birdtalk at utahbirds.org [mailto:owner-birdtalk at utahbirds.org] On
Behalf Of BirderB at aol.com
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 11:18 AM
To: corymaylett at utah.gov
Cc: randybrudnicki at utah.gov; lhanausk at IDFG.STATE.ID.US;
birdtalk at utahbirds.org; kfinlayson at iconfitness.com
Subject: [BirdTalk] Utah Bird sightings Update


Reporting sightings of banded Trumpeter Swan's:

Lauri Hanauska-Brown, Wildlife Biologist with the Idaho Dept. of Fish and
Game is the project leader for the trumpeter swan translocation project.
They are very interested in any and all swan observations. They are
specifically looking for green and yellow neck collared swans and/or 'pink
wing' swans. Swan observations in unusual locales are also helpful, so that
they can include those areas in their survey route. Their technician is on
his way north today (1/26/04) to count swans at Hebgen Lake, Quake Lake, and
the surrounding areas.

If you observe any Trumpeter Swans with neck bands or pink colored wings,
please report them to Lauri. Lauri can be reached at the Idaho Dept. of
Fish and Game, 4279 Commerce Circle in Idaho Falls, ID 83401 and by
telephone: 208-525-7290; Fax: 208-523-7604 or e-mail at
lhanausk at idfg.state.id.us .

Kurt Finlayson reported a Trumpeter Swan with a green neck band with the
alphanumeric 5E3 on it in December. It was at the South end of Bear Lake.
This information was forwarded onto Lauri. She in turn provided the
original banding information on this Trumpeter back to Kurt.

Trumpeter Swan 5E3 was released at Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge in
2002 as a yearling. This individual was part of a captive rearing program
run by Wyoming Wetland Society in Jackson. This bird was hatched from an
egg collected at Gray's Lake refuge during the dry summer of 2001. Each
year, Gray's Lake refuge, Idaho Fish and Game, and Wyoming Wetland Society
work together to salvage eggs from the refuge to later release yearling
birds at the refuge. This project is simply one part of a much larger
attempt to restore breeding trumpeters into suitable habitat in southeast
Idaho.

Your observations and reporting is greatly appreciated by the translocation
project team and Lauri.


Bill Fenimore