SIGHTING OF A WING TAGGED TRUMPETER SWAN AT LESLIE ST. SPIT/TOMMY THOMPSON PARK IN TORONTO

     Sharon and I went to Leslie St. Spit/Tommy Thompson Park today to do some birding.  Along the way, Sharon sighted a wing tagged Trumpeter Swan.   The swan had a yellow tag with the black characters R42 on its right wing.   We reported the sighting to the USGS Bird Banding Laboratory and to the Trumpeter Swan Society. Below are two photographs of the tagged swan:

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REPORTING A BANDED BIRD: CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION

   In my blog of 4/14/15 entitled "Bird Photos From My Archives: Banded Canada Goose" I described how Sharon and I found a banded Canada Goose on a lake in Tennessee.   We reported the sighting to the USGS Bird Banding Laboratory.  Last evening I received an email from the USGS and Canadian Wildlife Service along with a Certificate of Appreciaton for reporting a banded bird:

VISIT TO TORONTO'S GARDINER MUSEUM: CERAMICS WITH BIRD MOTIFS

   Today, Sharon and I visited the Gardiner Museum in downtown Toronto.  This museum is devoted exclusively to ceramics.  It is the only such museum in North America.  Since two of my hobbies are birding and pottery I took photos of pottery with bird motifs.  The photos below are divided by country/region.

MESOAMERICA

GERMANY

JAPAN

ENGLAND

CHINA

FRANCE

CANADA