Deborah said to all -

>i was out birding over the weekend and saw the large group of
>snow geese on fir island--the flock was definitiely 2,000+ in
>number. additionally, i discovered several large flocks of
>trumpeter swans while searching for the snow geese. there were
>two large flocks, one numbering between 200-250, another was
>100-120 birds. there were also many smaller groups of trumpeter
>swans, numbering from 2-50 per group. overall, i would estimate
>the total number of swans that i saw to be somewhere between
>400-500 in total.

>i also saw several small groups of trumpeter swans in the fields
>on whidbey island.

Deborah - Just curious as to what you would estimate the percentage of
young birds were in the flocks of Trumpeters you saw. When I was down in
Vancouver, BC a few weeks ago, the flocks near Ladner seemed to have a
proportionately large 15-20% young birds which was good to see for a
change.

- Jack



Jack Bowling
Prince George, BC
CANADA
jcbowling at mindlink.bc.ca