Guess which bird butt this is.... - Page 6 - Wildlife Gardeners

Equilibrium · 06-12-2010, 06:49 PM

Look at the color of the legs....

Hint.... we used to have a lot more of them until mute swans started taking over.

tineckbone · 06-12-2010, 07:04 PM

tundra swans?

Equilibrium · 06-12-2010, 07:32 PM

Maybe I don't know what the bird butts belong to. I thought I did but maybe not.... Tundra swans have black legs too. I was thinking trumpeter swans. The mute swans are always running them and ducks off.

tineckbone · 06-12-2010, 10:06 PM

so I still don't know if I an-swan-ed the question yet!

bridget1964 · 06-13-2010, 09:04 AM

Swans are very aggressive. We don't have any native swans here in NJ. There are a few pairs who try to nest every year at the Refuge, but the biologists always addle the eggs so we don't get overrun with ANOTHER nonnative species!

havalotta · 06-15-2010, 11:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tineckbone

okay, need a hint, was the picture taken in winter? It looked like winter.

I like how you asked for a hint. Nothing wrong with that. I give them freely if asked for. Makes it all the more fun.
It was taken in March of this year...Ice was just breaking up...

Quote:

so I still don't know if I an-swan-ed the question yet!

Sorry you've been on hold swanting to know if you've guessed correctly. I've been gone for a few days...
Equils the head Swani this time... They are Trumpeter Swans (Cygnus buccinator)

tineckbone · 06-15-2010, 12:08 PM

Ah, bridget1964 was really close then, at least we got the swan part right! It is tough to identify birds from just the butt part!

havalotta · 06-15-2010, 12:42 PM

Ready for another one???
Next one may be robbing the cradle a little bit though.

tineckbone · 06-15-2010, 04:15 PM

Bring it on!

havalotta · 06-15-2010, 04:46 PM

Guess which bird butt this is....-dscf5304.jpg

You better get this one or you'll be teased from here to eternity...

06-12-2010, 06:49 PM	#51
Equilibrium Official Plant Nerd Join Date: Dec 2008	Look at the color of the legs.... Hint.... we used to have a lot more of them until mute swans started taking over. __________________ "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

06-12-2010, 07:04 PM	#52
tineckbone WG Contest Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Browns Mills, NJ	tundra swans? __________________ I am a long haired, tree hugging, dirt worshiping environmentalist.

06-12-2010, 07:32 PM	#53
Equilibrium Official Plant Nerd Join Date: Dec 2008	Maybe I don't know what the bird butts belong to. I thought I did but maybe not.... Tundra swans have black legs too. I was thinking trumpeter swans. The mute swans are always running them and ducks off. __________________ "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

06-12-2010, 10:06 PM	#54
tineckbone WG Contest Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Browns Mills, NJ	so I still don't know if I an-swan-ed the question yet! __________________ I am a long haired, tree hugging, dirt worshiping environmentalist.

06-13-2010, 09:04 AM	#55
bridget1964 Butterfly Educator Extraordinaire Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Ventnor City, New Jersey, USA	Swans are very aggressive. We don't have any native swans here in NJ. There are a few pairs who try to nest every year at the Refuge, but the biologists always addle the eggs so we don't get overrun with ANOTHER nonnative species! __________________ "Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower." ~Hans Christian Anderson http://mslenahan.edublogs.org/

06-15-2010, 12:08 PM	#57
tineckbone WG Contest Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Browns Mills, NJ	Ah, bridget1964 was really close then, at least we got the swan part right! It is tough to identify birds from just the butt part! __________________ I am a long haired, tree hugging, dirt worshiping environmentalist.

06-15-2010, 12:42 PM	#58
havalotta WG Prize & Gift Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Michigan	Ready for another one??? Next one may be robbing the cradle a little bit though. __________________ The successful woman is the woman that had the chance and took it! A walk among the elusive Whitetail Deer

06-15-2010, 04:15 PM	#59
tineckbone WG Contest Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Browns Mills, NJ	Bring it on! __________________ I am a long haired, tree hugging, dirt worshiping environmentalist.

06-15-2010, 04:46 PM	#60
havalotta WG Prize & Gift Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Michigan	You better get this one or you'll be teased from here to eternity... __________________ The successful woman is the woman that had the chance and took it! A walk among the elusive Whitetail Deer

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