"Bird Facts!"
The Coscoroba Swan (Coscoroba coscoroba as mentioned earlier) is the smallest swan in the world with a legend call (I like it anyway) that it is named after. "Cos-cor-oo!". At the AWWC I (having never seen one in my life) mistook it for a White Call-duck, a breed of domestic Mallard (see the post on domestic Mallards that look like wild Mallards) that was also there when it had it's head in the water. By contrast, the Trumpeter Swan with a scientific name I love (Cygnus buccinator, no, I don't have a clue why I like it so much) is the largest swan, the largest waterfowl in the world and the heaviest bird native to North America. HOLY CRAP IT IS HUGE! I think those Trumpeter Swans are going "Like a boss! Like a boss! Like a like a like a boss!" at the moment.
Trumpeter Swans, the largest swans. Look at them. They are laughing at how small that Mallard is. Photo by Lynn M. Stone. |
Coscoroba Swan, the smallest swan. Photo by me at the AWWC. |
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