There are many identifications in California of “Tundra Swans”. Most of those identifications do not show the yellow dot towards the end of the birds beak, towards the eye. I’m skeptical these are all Tundra Swans could they not be juvenile Mite Swans or Trumpeter Swans??what’s the likelihood of all…

Like a lot of birds, tundra swans migrate. The arctic isn’t a terribly easy place to live in the winter, so they fly south. Per this range map Tundra swans overwinter in some parts of California. During the winter, they’re the most common swans some places (notably mid-to-northern San Joaquin Val…

While Tundra Swans breed in the arctic tundra, they come south to spend the winter. Many come to California’s central valley. Not all Tundra Swans have a yellow spot; it is pretty variable. The european subspecies of Tundra Swan (Bewick’s Tundra Swan) winters in California in small numbers, and that…

[image] yubabirder: but as Trumpeter is pretty rare its safe to say that the vast majority of swans in California in the winter are Tundras. Unless you are in an area with an introduced Mute Swan population. But those should be different enough to tell.

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