[Tweeters] FOF!

[Nancy Crowell]

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.

Nancy Crowell
La Conner

Nancy
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www.crowellphotography.com
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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<mailto: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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