TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Trumpeter Swan in-flight Trumpeter Swan- Cygnus buccinator Trumpeter Swan- Cygnus buccinator, Order Anseriformes-Family Anatidae. I was in my car along the south shore of Acton Lake in Hueston Woods State Park just north of Oxford, Ohio when I spotted this beautiful bird in-flight. I frantically scrambled to get my huge lens out of the window to take a few lucky shots! A "Life First" for me! Photo: Feb 9, 2006, Canon EOS-1D Mark II camera, Canon 500mm IS f/4.0L

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact bigbendwildlands@gmail.com

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.