I thought so too Allen but same birds in the same place several days in a row? I know…how…how could anyone know it’s the same birds unless they were banded etc. especially if a drying wet-spot has concentrated toads, snakes into a food-rich area, it might be a local “hot spot”. She seemed adamant that the bird had short legs…unlike a Crane. I’ll wait for a photo.
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From: Allen Chartier <amazilia3...>
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2024 10:24:51 AM
To: Fred Kaluza <fkaluza...>
Subject: Re: [birders] Swan / Crane Behavior
Sounds like all cranes to me. Sometimes Sandhill Cranes can look paler, depending on the light.
On Wed, Apr 24, 2024 at 9:06 AM Fred Kaluza <fkaluza...><mailto:<fkaluza...>> wrote:
I’m asking for a friend here…Yesterday, my daughter-in-law asked me about a bird. She stated that on her daily commute in Lapeer County, that she’s come to notice a couple of large gray-white birds regularly appearing in an unplanted (formerly plowed) agricultural field that are “just sitting there”. She was able to identify A couple Sandhill Cranes that were there at the time as well. Anyway, she asked what I thought might be going on. Her own thoughts were that it was a pair of Trumpeter Swans or maybe Tundra Swans. She thought maybe there had been some standing water there from the last rains and that they might be nesting there but I thought that unlikely. Outside a true lake or marsh that would be weird right? Then I thought perhaps one had been shot or maybe was injured after flying into a power line, was down and the mate was sticking around? I told her I’d ask the group. She said she’d try to get a picture today. Thoughts?
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