Sleeping Mute Swan on Crosswinds Marsh.
58 to 60 inches in length with a wingspan of just under 8 feet. The adults are all white with an orange bill with a black knob at the base. The young birds are the same but dingy gray-brown becoming whiter with age. The Mute Swan holds its neck in a feaceful curve while native swans hold their necks straight up.
They inhabit ponds, rivers, coastal lagoons and bays.
They are not native to North America and were introducted from Europe into the United States. They are most commonly found in southern New England through southeastern New York and into New Jersey and Maryland. There is also a locally established population in Michigan.
Crosswinds Marsh, Wayne County, Michigan.
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Shoreline of Maltby Lake.
Sunset Ridge, Huron Meadows Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
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Great Egret.
Between 35 to 41 inches long with a wingspan of 4 fewet 7 inches. A large, all white heron with a yellow bill and black legs. In breeding plumage has long lacy plumes on back. In southern Florida, white form of the Great Blue Heron, known as "Great White Heron" is similar but larger with greenish-yrllow legs. Much smaller Snowy Egret has black bill and black legs with yellow feet.
The Great Egret can be found in both freshwater and salt marshes, marshy ponds and tidal flats.
They breed locally from Oregon south to western Mexico, from Minnesota to the Mississippi Valley and Southeast, and along the Atlantic Coast north to southern New England. They winter regularly north along the Pacific Coast to Oregon, the Southwest, Texas and the Gulf Coast states. On the Atlantic Coast, north to New Jersey. Also in tropical America and warmer parts of the Old World.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
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Song Sparrow.
A common sparrow of 5-7 inches in length, with heavily streaked underparts and large central spot on breast which is sometimes missing in the young. It pumps its tail in flight.
They inhabit thickets, pastures, undergrowth in gardens and city parks.
They range from the Aleutians in Alaska east to Newfoundland and south to California in the west and the Carolinas in the east. They winter from southern Canada to the Gulf Coast and into Mexico.
Crosswinds Marsh, Wayne County, Michigan.
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Mute Swan on Crosswings Marsh.
58 to 60 inches in length with a wingspan of just under 8 feet. The adults are all white with an orange bill with a black knob at the base. The young birds are the same but dingy gray-brown becoming whiter with age. The Mute Swan holds its neck in a feaceful curve while native swans hold their necks straight up.
They inhabit ponds, rivers, coastal lagoons and bays.
They are not native to North America and were introducted from Europe into the United States. They are most commonly found in southern New England through southeastern New York and into New Jersey and Maryland. There is also a locally established population in Michigan.
Crosswinds Marsh, Wayne County, Michigan.
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