[Tweeters] Trumpeters on Capitol Lake in Oly

[Dianna Moore]

On the way to viewing the Common Crane out on Brady Loop Saturday I was
also keeping track of the Trumpeter Swans (total of 83) and saw a very
unusual sight whichconfused me at first...a swan with a very dark head
poking out between her mostly folded wings and only her own legs showing.
She was clearly trying to dislodge the youngster from her back, flicking
her wings in a familiar and irritable way, just like a human mother saying
"get down and walk...you're too big to carry". Kind of late for a cygnet of
that size isn't it?
Dianna Moore Ocean Shores

On Sat, Jan 7, 2023 at 2:04 PM Robert Ahlschwede <swedeberger at gmail.com>
wrote:


> The last few days there have been an average of 40 trumpeters on Capitol

> Lake in Oly.  Good viewing.  A couple signets in the flock as well.

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