>I witnessed similar enjoyment, last Thursday night a flock of about 25-30
>snow geese flew over our apartment building area in north seattle at about
>9:00 at night. Such a gorgeous view of white geese against a black sky.
>-Scott Downes
>sdownes at u.washington.edu
>Seattle WA

I guess the sight of a few Snow Geese flying over, which we all think is
really neat, either represents Snow Geese of lowered fitness (i.e., what
are they doing away from their main wintering ground in the Skagit area?),
or possibly wandering individuals of the Canadian-breeding populations that
normally winter in California! In theory, there shouldn't be many Snow
Geese south of about Stanwood, but there seem to be quite a few sightings
this fall.

Dennis Paulson, Director phone 206-756-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax 206-756-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail dpaulson at ups.edu
Tacoma, WA 98416