[cobirds] Boulder Swan Variability and U856

I took this photo this morning in Boulder - I finally got the banded swan in the same frame with two other adult Tundras :

http://www.flickr.com/photos/63892538@N04/8234679643/in/photostream

This is why a few of us who have seen him think "Trumpeter" when we first see him. When I was out earlier this week with other birders observing the swans I could not immediately see the size difference - mostly because U856 tended to keep to himself. Today I was able to get photos of U856 swimming with the other Tundras and now I'm seeing the size difference that Steve and a few other birders saw. I won't question the ID of "Tundra," but I will say that the variability I saw today in the swans was interesting to note.

Nancy Rynes

Lafayette, CO

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