ML177610871

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Accepted by the ME-BRC on 7 Sep 2019 (8-1) after three rounds of voting. Here are my notes from that round: Establishing the identification of this bird was very educational but the question of origin seemed to delay committee review. In 2011, the NYSARC voted to add Trumpeter Swan to their state list based on a “steady self-colonization” over the “last 10-15 years” (nybirds.org/KBsearch/y2013v63n3/y2013v63n3p170nysarc.pdf). A May 2014 Vermont record was accepted, adding the species to that state list, and Massachusetts accepted their first from a May 2018 record (http://www.maavianrecords.com/Annual-Reports/22nd.pdf). New Hampshire seems poised to add their April 2019 (and continuing) bird too. I am of the opinion that the Maine bird should be treated as a vagrant, presumably of this population that the NYSARC had considered established by 2011, and add Trumpeter Swan to Maine’s list.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 7D

ISO

800

Focal length

400 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/8.0

Shutter speed

1/640 sec

Dimensions

3036 pixels x 2024 pixels

Original file size

1.41 MB