[Tweeters] FOF!

[Ronda Stark]

Thank you, Gary! I hope you will receive this response along with everyone
else.

I will ask the owners of Snow Goose market whether they have ever seen
Trumpeters this early as they often have a good " overview" of all what's
happening in the area.

Best wishes,
Ronda

On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 3:44 PM Nancy Crowell <nkcrowell at gmail.com> wrote:


> I noted snow geese in Skagit on 10/4 last year, so not that early. Just

> ran into a couple of people who said they saw snowgeese and white fronted

> geese flying over Fir Island this morning.

>

> Nancy Crowell

> La Conner

>

> Nancy

> "Images for the imagination."

> www.crowellphotography.com

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> *From:* Tweeters <tweeters-bounces at mailman11.u.washington.edu> on behalf

> of Ronda Stark <rondastark18 at gmail.com>

> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 27, 2023 10:33:53 AM

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> *Cc:* tweeters at u.washington.edu <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

> *Subject:* Re: [Tweeters] FOF!

>

> Hi Jim,

>

> That is exciting news! Isn't it super early for both Snow Geese and

> Trumpeters?

>

> Thanks for the update,

> Ronda

>

> On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 10:30 AM <jimbetz at jimbetz.com> wrote:

>

>

>    First of Fall - about 100 Snow Geese in two wedges moving South over

> Gardner

> road area.  Medium altitude (2 or 3 thousand feet at most), so perhaps,

> looking for somewhere to settle for the night/a few days/the season.

> Confirmed

> with binoculars as they flew close over our house.

>

>    Not confirmed but possibly also 3 Trumpeter Swans this A.M.  They

> disappeared

> from my view before I could get the binoculars working.  They were flying

> South, low over Gardner road (a couple of hundred feet high at most).  The

> only other bird(s) it could have been was some gulls ... but I rushed to

> get the binoculars only to loose track of them.

>

>    We've seen at least two Turkey Vultures, some Juncos and Black-capped

> Chickadees, a plethora of Anna's including 3 very small ones, and other

> assorted birds today.  Among them at least one Red-tailed Hawk.

>

>                                            - Jim and Loretta

>

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