{"id":1742,"date":"2017-03-21T10:51:48","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T15:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/?p=1742"},"modified":"2017-03-21T12:57:24","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T17:57:24","slug":"you-may-be-spotting-tundra-swans-near-goose-island-on-wisc-shore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/you-may-be-spotting-tundra-swans-near-goose-island-on-wisc-shore\/","title":{"rendered":"You may be spotting TRUMPETER Swans near Goose Island on Wisc. Shore!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brief note, now is an excellent time to be observing waterfowl passing through Pool 8. We saw a pair of <strong>TRUMPETER SWANS<\/strong>\u00a0hanging about all last week in the sloughs and just south of Goose Island (normally in twos, rather than a large group, and note the very large black bill. Wing spread can approach 10 feet!). The Audubon group confirms that indeed there are many more TRUMPETERS than normal on the Upper Missisippi this year. A small mob of<strong> PELICANS<\/strong> is clustering forlornly in the Bay just above Stoddard.<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_glamor\">\n<div id=\"id_field_marks\">\n<div class=\" jcarousel-skin-spp\">\n<div class=\"jcarousel-container jcarousel-container-horizontal\">\n<div class=\"jcarousel-clip jcarousel-clip-horizontal\">\n<ul id=\"id_spp_photos\" class=\"jcarousel-list jcarousel-list-horizontal\">\n<li class=\"jcarousel-item jcarousel-item-horizontal jcarousel-item-3 jcarousel-item-3-horizontal\"><a class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Species Photo Viewer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/guide\/spp_photos.aspx?spp=3&amp;sppid=509&amp;keepThis=true&amp;TB_iframe=true&amp;height=488&amp;width=875\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"\u00a9 Laura Erickson, St. Louis, Missouri, February 2008, http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lauraerickson\/3179044269\/\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/guide\/PHOTO\/LARGE\/trumswan_erickson.jpg\" alt=\"Adult\" width=\"342\" height=\"260\" \/><\/a>\n<div class=\"photo_controls\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"annotations\">\n<h4>Trumpeter Swan<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Very large swan with all-black bill<\/li>\n<li>Long, sloping forehead<\/li>\n<li class=\"small\">\u00a9 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lauraerickson\/3179044269\/\">Laura Erickson<\/a>, St. Louis, Missouri, February 2008<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"id_similar_spp\">\n<h2>Similar Species: Tundra Swan<\/h2>\n<div class=\" jcarousel-skin-ss\">\n<div class=\"jcarousel-container jcarousel-container-horizontal\">\n<div class=\"jcarousel-clip jcarousel-clip-horizontal\">\n<div id=\"id_ss_photos-control\" class=\"jcarousel-control features-control\"><span class=\"indicator-num\">\u00a0<a class=\"carouselReset\" title=\"Reset Slides\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/guide\/Trumpeter_Swan\/id#\">\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<ul id=\"id_ss_photos\" class=\"jcarousel-list jcarousel-list-horizontal\">\n<li class=\"jcarousel-item jcarousel-item-horizontal jcarousel-item-1 jcarousel-item-1-horizontal\"><a class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Species Photo Viewer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/guide\/spp_photos.aspx?ss=1&amp;sppid=509&amp;keepThis=true&amp;TB_iframe=true&amp;height=488&amp;width=875\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"\u00a9 Douglas Caldwell, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, December 2011, http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hiway61\/6495739253\/\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/guide\/PHOTO\/LARGE\/tusw_douglascaldwell.jpg\" alt=\"Adult\" width=\"261\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a>\n<div class=\"photo_controls\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/guide\/Tundra_Swan\/id\">Tundra Swan<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"annotations\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"small\">\u00a9 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hiway61\/6495739253\/\">Douglas Caldwell<\/a>, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, December 2011<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"copyright\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/guide\/Trumpeter_Swan\/id\">From the Cornell Bird Lab:<\/a><\/strong><em> &#8220;Trumpeter Swans demand superlatives: they\u2019re our biggest native waterfowl, stretching to 6 feet in length and weighing more than 25 pounds\u2014almost twice as massive as a Tundra Swan. Getting airborne requires a lumbering takeoff along a 100-yard runway. Despite their size, this once-endangered, now\u00a0recovering species is as elegant as any swan, with a graceful neck and snowy-white plumage. They breed on wetlands in remote Alaska, Canada, and the northwestern U.S., and winter on ice-free coastal and inland waters.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h6>(Trumpeter Swans are also found from St. Louis to N. Wisconsin! &#8211; Pat)<\/h6>\n<p>Additionally, among the many ducks seen between Goose Island and Genoa, are <strong>Lesser Scaup, Goldeneye, Common Merganser, Hooded Merganser, Canvas Backs, Bufflehead,<\/strong> and<strong> American Widgeon.<\/strong> Bring your bird book! My goal this spring has to get some of these sorted out with my binoculars and a little help from the Audubon Club. These are strikingly \u00a0beautiful ducks!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eagles<\/strong> continue to be prolific from the Twin cities south. Not unusual to see as many as 11 adults in sight on the ice. I&#8217;m also noting many juveniles still hanging about. They become dispersed once the ice melts, so enjoy them while you can. \u00a0See an eagle nest? Look for the &#8220;balde&#8221; head of the adult sitting in it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brief note, now is an excellent time to be observing waterfowl passing through Pool 8. 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