[Tweeters] Samish Flats Whooper Swan

[Louis]

Hi Tweeters,

Inge Watson, Bill Driskell, and I found an adult Whooper Swan on the Samish
Flats this evening at 6:30. It was feeding in a field adjacent to the road
with a small group of 8 Trumpeter Swans. Same size as the Trumpeters,
extensive yellow on the bill that reached the nostril and ended in a point
as opposed to the somewhat rounded, smaller yellow patch one would find on
Bewick's Tundra. There was also yellow on the underside of the lower
mandible, extending more than halfway down the bill. Photos will be up on
eBird soon. Location was by the intersection of Omdahl Ln (private road)
and Allen West Rd (48.517190, -122.387597).

On Whidbey Island, there was a Ring-necked Duck x Scaup sp. hybrid (scaup
parent ID pending) at Deer Lagoon, and 5 Rock Sandpipers in Penn Cove with
all the turnstones.

Louis Kreemer
Seattle
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