[Tweeters] Snow Geese and Swans and Raptors - Oh My!

[jimbetz at jimbetz.com]

Hutch,

   I haven't seen any swans yet and I haven't seen any reports of  
them.  The Snows are on
Fir Island in large numbers - and growing.

   As to raptors - there has been a slight uptick in the counts -  
mostly RTH - but the big
increase hasn't happened yet.  I'm guessing that won't happen until  
the ducks start
coming in in large numbers.  We just had a Skagit Audubon Society  
meeting Tuesday and
the speaker was Sue Cottrell ... she mentioned a few raptors that some  
of us haven't
seen yet this fall ... so I think that means "any day now".
   I've been seeing a few more Harriers at the East 90 and RTHs on the  
wires in the
Samish and Skagit Flats.
   Several of the Bald Eagle nests are "being worked on" with pairs  
prepping for the
season.

   Overall - good indications ... but still Promises, Promises.

   When you come up here to Skagit - be sure to include the Samish Flats area.
                                                                        
             - Jim

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> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2023 19:30:07 +0000

> From: David Hutchinson <florafaunabooks at hotmail.com>

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> Wow, news of FIR ISLAND. Having done the CBC

> for the island for some decades, I am thinking in my old

> age of visiting the site again. But when might be

> a good date to visit and see Geese & Swans there on

> the island together with a good crop of raptors?

>

> Hutch