[Tweeters] FOF!

[Ronda Stark]

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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