First A couple of announcements: I'll be on Showcase Minnesota this morning sometime between 10am - 11am answering your bird questions.
And the next Birds and Beers is scheduled for this Sunday at 4pm at Joe's Garage to try and watch the winter crow roost. Now, the crows have shifted the roost a little bit to the west but we'll still have some crow action.
I got a certificate yesterday from the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center regarding the history of the above trumpeter swan with the neck collar 2M7 at Point Douglas:
This is a male trumpeter swan hatched in 2006 in Ruthven, Iowa by Mr. Guy Zenner.
Still no word on the Canada goose with the tight band, I'll be curious to see if I hear about the origin of that goose.