tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127809235647654884.post6868844328276268010..comments2024-01-28T00:27:27.517-08:00Comments on Ragin' cagin' birding: Essex and Chatham-KentKen Burrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04053987690922864405noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127809235647654884.post-45284287253953783292013-03-17T18:05:38.650-07:002013-03-17T18:05:38.650-07:00Thanks Rob!Thanks Rob!Ken Burrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053987690922864405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127809235647654884.post-13653060776043283862013-03-16T19:13:02.045-07:002013-03-16T19:13:02.045-07:00Bewick's Swan still present in North Pond,
at ...Bewick's Swan still present in North Pond,<br />at 3 pm, Saturday, March 16.<br />All other Swans had left the ponds.<br />Eventually it climbed up on the berm.<br />Very hard to spot in the snow, but directly<br />across the pond from the trail to the North pond.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127809235647654884.post-36681555200428690472013-03-16T17:34:15.935-07:002013-03-16T17:34:15.935-07:00awesome bird!awesome bird!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10732166121407952053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127809235647654884.post-19330779006498039142013-03-16T08:14:24.947-07:002013-03-16T08:14:24.947-07:00Thanks Ken, that does help. Lived here in Comber f...Thanks Ken, that does help. Lived here in Comber for 8 years and enjoy my backyard birds. Believe it or not I read somewhere that the Big O Is a "Hot Spot" for birders. I went to go for a walk through and there is really no enterance. It was just announced that Lakeshore plans on building a nice entrance and parking lot. It seems ashame all the birders that drive right through here every spring on their way to point pelee and drive right past it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127809235647654884.post-72276917437546862152013-03-16T04:27:29.727-07:002013-03-16T04:27:29.727-07:00Thanks Mike!Thanks Mike!Ken Burrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053987690922864405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127809235647654884.post-81210729033030986622013-03-16T04:26:28.817-07:002013-03-16T04:26:28.817-07:00Here's the link to the paper Ken mentioned:
ht...Here's the link to the paper Ken mentioned:<br />http://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v097n04/p0697-p0703.pdf<br /><br />I found it on SORA:<br />http://sora.unm.edu/Mike Burrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15000855366937140854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127809235647654884.post-8970915621093476212013-03-16T04:14:23.503-07:002013-03-16T04:14:23.503-07:00Anonymous: nope, while I've been birding (sinc...Anonymous: nope, while I've been birding (since 1999/2000) this place has sorta fallen off the map, though there were some rare birds found there in the past. Hope this helps.Ken Burrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053987690922864405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127809235647654884.post-84678573256149539232013-03-16T04:13:33.252-07:002013-03-16T04:13:33.252-07:00Thanks! Hopefully it'll stick!Thanks! Hopefully it'll stick!Ken Burrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053987690922864405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127809235647654884.post-80166752263184049152013-03-16T04:13:17.111-07:002013-03-16T04:13:17.111-07:00Ya, Whooper's (from what I've read) have l...Ya, Whooper's (from what I've read) have longer bills. This birds bill didn't appear to different (structurally) from adjacent Whistlings.Ken Burrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053987690922864405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127809235647654884.post-5348317130264650592013-03-15T22:18:29.236-07:002013-03-15T22:18:29.236-07:00Have you ever stopped by The Big O Conservation ar...Have you ever stopped by The Big O Conservation area in Comber? Just gathering info for myself.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127809235647654884.post-43191609299285603212013-03-15T17:55:47.960-07:002013-03-15T17:55:47.960-07:00cool find!!
cool find!!<br />Blake A. Mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11773931667770190780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127809235647654884.post-43569367772740995362013-03-15T16:44:27.469-07:002013-03-15T16:44:27.469-07:00Extent of yellow appears to be between 25 - 30%, s...Extent of yellow appears to be between 25 - 30%, so agree with Bewick's. Bill appears long. Whooper's have longer bills that Whistling; I don't know if Bewick's have longer bills then Whistling swans though ...alfred adamonoreply@blogger.com