<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">When we were up there last Friday they were all out on Padilla Bay, many thousands. We did not see any on land but lots of swans scattered all about.<div>Stef Neis</div><div>Whidbey Island<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPad</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jan 19, 2026, at 4:59 PM, Kevin Lucas via Tweeters <tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Here in Yakima County (eastern Washington) we now have many thousand.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">I've not seen a band on one yet, but often cannot see their legs well. I do look.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Does anyone know of projects tracking Snow Geese?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Good Birding,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><a href="https://www.aba.org/aba-code-of-birding-ethics/">https://www.aba.org/aba-code-of-birding-ethics/</a></div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><span style="font-size:large">Kevin Lucas</span><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><font size="6"><span style="color:rgb(95,99,104);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif">Qui tacet consentire</span><span style="color:rgb(77,81,86);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif"> videtur</span></font></b></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 4:37 PM Jim Betz via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi all,<br>
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We went looking for Snow Geese in Skagit County yesterday. Zip Zero <br>
in the Samish Flats,<br>
Skagit Flats, Butler Flats and Fir Island.<br>
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Where are they?<br>
- Jim in Skagit<br>
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P.S. LOTS of Trumpeters - at least 50% more than last year. Large <br>
groups everywhere.<br>
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