Gene Hunn wrote:

"When I was up to the Skagit last, Jan. 28, I counted ca. 1100 swans on
Fir Island and all or most were Tundras; then I encountered another
flock of 350 or so along Chuckanut Drive nw of Mt. Vernon which seemed to
be all or mostly Trumpeters. Does this fits others' experience this
winter?"

I was recently talking with a resident of Edison, in the Samish valley near
Chuckanut Drive, about a large flock of swans we saw in the area. He
maintained that Tundra Swans do not winter on the Samish Flats, and that all
swans seen there will be Trumpeters. This does seem to fit with Gene's
observations above. Does anyone know if this is true?

Dave Nunnallee
dnun461 at ecy.wa.gov
Bellevue, WA