George L. Scheil
Raytown, MO.
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Subject: Re: Fw: Squaw Creek -- Ducks, Greater Yellowlegs & Swans



  The swan with the orange patagial tag is from
> Minnesota and has been here on and off for about 2 months. The other
> swans
> are likely from Iowa as this is where almost all of the neck collared
> swans
> on the refuge are from.



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> George L. Scheil
> Raytown, MO.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Connie Thompson" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 7:19 PM
> Subject: Squaw Creek -- Ducks, Greater Yellowlegs & Swans
>
>
>> At the refuge today Gary and I saw 20 plus species of waterfowl,
>> killdeer, the Yellowlegs, and swans. Our swan count was slightly
>> higher. We saw 6 immediately adjacent to the road (about 20 yards from
>> the vehicle). It appeared these were two adults and four juvenile.
>> Further out were 3 additional. We saw no bands or collars on any of
>> these. The nine were on the west side of the refuge almost to the
>> bridge. Earlier we saw one single swan fly in towards the middle of the
>> pools on the west side. This swan had what appeared to be an orange
>> wing band on its right wing. With the scope I could not definitely make
>> out the lettering but perhaps some letter and the number 40? This is a
>> guess at best. We found it odd it did not join the others further
>> towards the north end of the refuge. We could only assume it was a new
>> swan. We felt confident that the 9 were all Trumpeter but the single is
>> a mystery unless the colored wing band means anything specific.

>
>

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