Trumpeter Swans at County Park
February 9th, 2012 by Kristie Nelson
Date of sighting: 9 Feb 2012
Hi,
Today I came across a pair of adult TRUMPETER SWANS at Mono Lake near the end of the boardwalk at Mono Lake COunty Park. It was such I nice warm day, I walked there from our cabin at Simis Ranch, I only had my binocs. Nearing the end of the boardwalk, the 2 swans stood up, one vocalized a couple times, sounding like a Canada Goose that had opera training. They started swimming out from shore, I quickly stepped back to keep from scaring them. I could see their black eyes were totally enclosed within the black “flesh” of the bill, and they had the red flash along the gape – Trumps!
Having trouble uploading photos, but I did get some.
I’d reccomend checking them out from the pullouts on Cemetary Rd (walk closer) since they swim away seeing folks coming down the boardwalk. Or creep and hide….
I came back later with a scope to get better views before reporting. I’m quite sure I spotted these 2 last Tuesday 1/31 while driving 395. There were 2 swans swimming in the same place. I pulled over and saw them from a pull out on 395 – way to far to tell they were trumps, but in retrospect, I bet they were these 2.
This post was submitted by Kristie Nelson.
