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<div>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. </div>
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<div>Nancy</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 27, 2023 10:33:53 AM<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi Jim,
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<div>That is exciting news! Isn't it super early for both Snow Geese and Trumpeters? </div>
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<div>Thanks for the update,</div>
<div>Ronda</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="x_gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 10:30 AM <<a href="mailto:jimbetz@jimbetz.com">jimbetz@jimbetz.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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First of Fall - about 100 Snow Geese in two wedges moving South over Gardner<br>
road area. Medium altitude (2 or 3 thousand feet at most), so perhaps,<br>
looking for somewhere to settle for the night/a few days/the season. <br>
Confirmed<br>
with binoculars as they flew close over our house.<br>
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Not confirmed but possibly also 3 Trumpeter Swans this A.M. They <br>
disappeared<br>
from my view before I could get the binoculars working. They were flying<br>
South, low over Gardner road (a couple of hundred feet high at most). The<br>
only other bird(s) it could have been was some gulls ... but I rushed to<br>
get the binoculars only to loose track of them.<br>
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We've seen at least two Turkey Vultures, some Juncos and Black-capped<br>
Chickadees, a plethora of Anna's including 3 very small ones, and other<br>
assorted birds today. Among them at least one Red-tailed Hawk.<br>
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- Jim and Loretta<br>
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