KnotLisa Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 This morning, 2/26, in Lehigh county, PA. Thanks! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Trumpeters. Thick black loral skin and the forehead comes down to a “V” at the bill. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWM Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 The "V" at the top of the bill points to Trumpeter (also the overall bill shape). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnotLisa Posted February 26, 2022 Author Share Posted February 26, 2022 I thought maybe, but Trumpeter is very rare in PA? And never recorded at this location in eBird? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 1 hour ago, KnotLisa said: I thought maybe, but Trumpeter is very rare in PA? And never recorded at this location in eBird? Looking on eBird, they do appear to be quite infrequently reported, but there’s no doubt to the Id with the great photos you obtained. Nice find! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millipede Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 1 hour ago, KnotLisa said: I thought maybe, but Trumpeter is very rare in PA? And never recorded at this location in eBird? you can play with the location and time frame on the map but they look common enough in PA... I narrowed this down to the last 11 years and when you zoom in, any red markers are recent. https://ebird.org/map/truswa?neg=false&env.minX=-84.63594839432417&env.minY=38.64555890277084&env.maxX=-70.57344839432417&env.maxY=43.52738521705696&zh=true&gp=false&ev=Z&mr=1-12&bmo=1&emo=12&yr=range&byr=2011&eyr=2022 as for the specific location you had them at, it may just not be a favorite spot. SE of where I am in Arkansas, in several places in AR, there are fairly good numbers of trumpeter swans in the winter... Where I am... rare... Some years ago I found a family group of 7 birds... 2 adults and 5 immature at a local lake. I reported it to some fellow birders who reported it to others and then, a bunch of people went to look and it even found its way into the local newspaper(no mention of me, of course) They're not rare in this state but this area... it's just not popular for them. There are some small to big and I mean massive lakes in this area... but they're found futher south, often on smaller ponds near fields... grain fields. There's always something that makes birds pick one spot over another, even if I can't see it with my own eyes. In the summer, I know of several prairies where I never find grasshopper sparrows... I had one single location where I found them a few summers in a row... it was at the time a soon to be subdivision... just roads... some plumbing had been put in... so, strips of grasses with roads in-between... didn't look great but, some particular type of grassy plant had to be there that they liked as I just haven't found them anywhere else. And of course now it's all houses that look to be 2 feet apart... kind of gross... and sad ? Anyway... Report it to eBird and it may get reviewed and you'll have the reviewer give you another opinion on the birds and they'll appreciate the data, I imagine. Even if it isn't a big deal for PA, it's exciting to be the first to report a species at a given location... ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson Shank Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Excellent picture, by the way! Agree with Trumpeter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinHood Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 1 hour ago, KnotLisa said: I thought maybe, but Trumpeter is very rare in PA? And never recorded at this location in eBird? Also agree with Trumpeter. They are steadily making significant inroads so it is good you can report this one. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnotLisa Posted February 27, 2022 Author Share Posted February 27, 2022 Thanks everyone for the great feedback. This group is extremely helpful!! Having so little experience with Swans (except for the local "pet" Mute Swans), it would have been hard for me to make that call (Trumpeter) without your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWM Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 There have been a few Trumpeter in upstate (central) New York this year. They haven't normally been a "winter" bird, but their numbers are increasing in the East (many older Eastern Guides don't even list them). I was actually able to find all 3 species in a State Park yesterday (Geneva NY). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasan Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 7 hours ago, MWM said: There have been a few Trumpeter in upstate (central) New York this year. They haven't normally been a "winter" bird, but their numbers are increasing in the East (many older Eastern Guides don't even list them). I was actually able to find all 3 species in a State Park yesterday (Geneva NY). Those look like Tundras ? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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