Time budget and behavioral rhythm of wintering
Tundra Swans in a lotus pond reclamation area around Poyang Lake.
Values given are the highest value among two counts on the day indicated in the heading and the following day Species Date 07/10/2011 22/10/2011 04/11/2011 Gr White-fronted Goose 325 2071 5326 Snow/Ross's Goose 2 78 6426
Tundra Swan 0 0 1 Mexican Duck 0 0 0 Mallard 0 0 75 Green Teal 0 1113 2057 Gadwall 1422 20 0 Pintail 0 30 2179 American Wigeon 3 63 76 Northern Showier 2328 9227 5994 Unid.
Of 50
tundra swan gizzards and esophagi collected, 7 contained 100% sago pondweed tubers and no other plant materials.
The total population of eastern North American
Tundra Swans is estimated at 140,000 or more.
Blackwater is known as a wintering area for ducks,
tundra swans, Canada geese and snow geese.
Tundra swans, which could not be separately identified from trumpeter swans, were present in a limited number of units at the western edge of the observed range of trumpeter swans, but we did not expect the limited scope of this situation and the extensive overlap of the two species within individual survey units occupied by
tundra swans to influence the results for trumpeter swans.
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus had relative high juvenile percentage (28.27%, n=3130).
However, when tackling a bird that has the sheer mass of a
tundra swan, a lot can go wrong and the dog and handler team only get one swan permit per season.
Bean goose (Anser fabalis),
Tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus), and swan goose (Anser cygnoides) were dominant in Poyang Lake during this study.
The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (919/733-7291, www.ncwildlife.org) hands out 5,000
tundra swan permits annually through a lottery system.
The
Tundra Swan (Whistling) has an all white body, black feet, and a small yellow spot at the base of its black bill.
Key words: native harvest survey, snow goose, white-fronted goose,
tundra swan, Western Arctic, Inuvialuit, subsistence harvest, Northwest Territories, spring hunt
Application deadline for
tundra swan (residents and nonresidents), Aug.
Anecdotal evidence suggests pintails are feeding in corn fields more than ever in some regions and Petrie says
tundra swan numbers increased substantially when corn production increased.
The sun was fully up when the North Carolina ferry chugged us across the Pamlico River there to shoot a
tundra swan. The evening before, Fred Bonner, my host and fellow outdoor writer, said in passing, "I wish I had some nontoxic 28-gauge ammo, so my stepdaughter Jenny could use her 28-gauge tomorrow." Well, it just so happened that I had a box of Bismuth Cartridge's 28-gauge nontoxic ammo in my Jeep.
