MountainBirder Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Seen in Wyoming a week ago. I initially thought they were Trumpeter but now not sure. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexHenry Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 My impression based on the appearance of pinched lores is Tundra, but I could be wrong. This can be a surprisingly tough species pair to ID, especially if they aren’t next to each other for comparison, and you may be safer leaving them unidentified 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MountainBirder Posted December 2, 2021 Author Share Posted December 2, 2021 20 minutes ago, AlexHenry said: My impression based on the appearance of pinched lores is Tundra, but I could be wrong. This can be a surprisingly tough species pair to ID, especially if they aren’t next to each other for comparison, and you may be safer leaving them unidentified Thank you! Looking more closely at the photos, it appears that the rightmost bird in the first photo has yellow lores. Does anyone else see this as well? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 I agree with Tundra Swan with that eye placement. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 5 hours ago, MountainBirder said: Thank you! Looking more closely at the photos, it appears that the rightmost bird in the first photo has yellow lores. Does anyone else see this as well? I see it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLecy Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 Trumpeters are much larger than Tundras. In direct comparison to the Canada Geese in these photos alone, I'd call these Tundras without even getting into the nuances of TRUS/TUSW ID. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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