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:
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Martha, is this person usually a reliable source? I could sort of see a
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novice birder seeing cormorants fly somewhere, looking to the untrained eye
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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>
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*Date: *Friday, November 15, 2024 at 6:09 PM
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*To: *Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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*Subject: *[Tweeters] black swans??
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Has anyone seen or heard of anyone seeing black swans flying or on the
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ground/water in the area south of Monroe all the way down to Stillwater?
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I got a report today from a woman who absolutely says she has seen 3 black
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swans flying around in this area over the last month. When I queried her
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more, she said they were all black. Juvenile trumpeters can appear very
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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
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near the mouth of the Columbia River. From what all us biologists can
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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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