[Tweeters] Ireland's blank winter for Bewick's Swans

[HAL MICHAEL via Tweeters]

My question would be what is happening to the whole population?  Is it declining or are the birds just wintering in new areas? I believe that NA waterfowl, especially geese, ar wi tiring further north than a few decades ago.  Which is creating problems for winter habitat and harvest.
 
Hal Michael
Board of Directors, Ecologists Without Borders http://ecowb.org/
Olympia WA
360-459-4005
360-791-7702 (C)
ucd880 at comcast.net
 
 


> On 02/19/2025 7:46 PM PST Hans-Joachim Feddern via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

>  

>  

> Good point and question Dennis! We are heading up to Blaine tomorrow and down to the Samish - and Skagit Flats on Friday and hope to find a Tundra Swan or two. 

>  

>  

> Hans

> 

> Hans Feddern

> Twin Lakes/Federal Way, WA

> thefedderns at gmail.com mailto:thefedderns at gmail.com

>  

> 

> On Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu mailto:tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

> 

> > Martha, I wonder if that could happen with our Tundra Swans. They seem less common on the Skagit Flats than previously, or perhaps I just haven’t found the flocks that are usually there. On the other hand, Trumpeters seem to be getting more common all the time. Is anything known about this?

> >  

> > Dennis Paulson

> > Seattle

> > 

> > 

> > > On Feb 19, 2025, at 4:57 PM, Martha Jordan via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu mailto:tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

> > > 

> > > Over the past few years I tracked the decline of wintering Bewick's Swans in Britain and Ireland. This decline is being seen all across the eastern hemisphere where warming climates are keeping swans further north.

> > >  

> > > Here is an article on the issue: https://www.birdguides.com/news/blank-winter-for-bewicks-swan-in-ireland/

> > > 

> > > Martha Jordan

> > > Everett, WA

> > >  

> > > _______________________________________________

> > > Tweeters mailing list

> > > Tweeters at u.washington.edu mailto:Tweeters at u.washington.edu

> > > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters

> > > 

> > _______________________________________________

> > Tweeters mailing list

> > Tweeters at u.washington.edu mailto:Tweeters at u.washington.edu

> > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters

> > 

> _______________________________________________

> Tweeters mailing list

> Tweeters at u.washington.edu

> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters

> 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/attachments/20250220/fc439cb1/attachment.html>