6 Trumpeter Swans near Salida

According to a report in the local Salida newspaper, the Mountain Mail, 6 Trumpeter Swans were first sighted in a farm pond near Salida on December 29. These are the first recorded Trumpeter sightings in that area and for all of Chaffee County (Though appently there have been a few Tundra Swans reported in past years in the area).

Yesterday on my way to a meeting in Salida I visited the pond where they swans have been staying and took these photos.
There were several American Wigeon and Mallards sharing the pond, though a number of cattle grazed nearby. Click here
to read the Mountain mail article about these swans
SeEtta