Hi Kim and others, Kim probably just misheard me in the field; I was actually leaning strongly towards Trumpeter Swan on 6 of these birds. While we were standing there watching the swans I was discussing with Ken Shepherd the possibility that the 7th bird, a much smaller juvenile, was a Tundra Swan. So in total, I believe there were 6 Trumpeter Swans (a family group containing 2 adults and 4 juveniles) and 1 juvenile Tundra Swan which was associating more loosely with the Trumpeters. Here is a link to my eBird checklist which contains my photos of the swans: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S9665444 Good birding, Dave Slager Columbus, Ohio On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 10:19, Kim Graham <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Surprising variety of good birds yesterday around noon at Watermark Quarry > in Grandview. Sorry this post is late. > > Redhead Ducks > Canvasbacks > Lesser Scaup > Coots > Canada Geese > Common Merganser > Hooded Merganser > Buffleheads > Pied-billed Grebes > Common Loon > and 6 or 7 Tundra Swans. > > Regarding the Swans, ran into Dave Slager and Ken Shepherd while we were > there and at that time we all were leaning towards the Swans being Tundra's > as opposed to Trumpeters. > Below is a link to my web page where I posted a couple of images of the > Swans. These are not as crisp as I would have liked. > Note: The Swans flew off north as we were leaving. > > kimgraham.zenfolio.com > > Good birding to all, > Kim and Cindy Graham > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]