Date: 4/10/25 1:08 am
From: Richard Littauer <richard.littauer...>
Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] Trumpeter Swans in Pittsford?
Both of these swans occur in Vermont, rarely. The eBird maps show that they
come here: https://ebird.org/species/truswa/US-VT and
https://ebird.org/species/tunswa/US-VT.

And there have been two Trumpeter Swans seen in the area recently. You're
lucky to have seen them, too! Good ID.
https://ebird.org/map/truswa?neg=true&<env.minX...>&<env.minY...>&<env.maxX...>&<env.maxY...>&zh=true&gp=false&ev=Z&excludeExX=false&excludeExAll=false&mr=1-12&bmo=1&emo=12&yr=all&byr=1900&eyr=2025

Best,
Richard

On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM Marguerite Heckscher <
<00000e59ff4cc836-dmarc-request...> wrote:

> Yesterday afternoon, I saw two very large, straight-necked swans gliding
> on a body of water in a valley that often turns into a temporary lake in
> Pittsford. I got a good look at them through binoculars and, having seen
> many tundra swans in my lifetime, I think they must have been trumpeters
> because they were definitely bigger than tundras. Is that possible? Has
> anyone in this community ever seen trumpeter swans in VT? The map for them
> on Cornell Lab of Ornithology site does not include VT.
>
> Marguerite Lenius (a novice birder who is new to VT)
>


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