On Wed, 4 Dec 1996 Bob Norton wrote:

> Finally, it is my impression that in SW WA the majority of swans (90%)
> are TuSw and in the Vancouver, BC area the proportion is reversed. I am sure
> someone can be more definite on that subject.

Perhaps Bob meant to say that "in *NW* WA the majority of swans (90%) are
TuSw...". I believe this is the case for the Skagit Valley (maybe not quite
as high as 90% but pretty high). In *SW* WA I am most familiar with the
regular occurrence of swans on the lakes of the Long Beach Peninsula on the
west side of Willapa Bay and I have always understood them to be TrSw. Swans
also frequent flooded pastures close to Interstate 5, mostly in the Chehalis
River bottom and I believe that TrSw are in the majority here as well.

I am sure if Martha Jordan is still monitoring the Tweeters world she will
set us all straight. I am by no means certain of my knowledge of distribution
of the two species of swans in Washington.

Kelly McAllister