On Wed, Apr 24, 2024 at 3:38 PM Fred Kaluza <fkaluza...> wrote:
> Am I at least correct in assuming that Swans (of any kind) would normally
> not be found anywhere besides a legitimate marsh, pond, river or lake?
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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.
>
> Allen T. Chartier
> Inkster, Michigan
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> On Wed, Apr 24, 2024 at 9:06 AM Fred Kaluza <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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