>>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


In the Portland area, we do have some of the California birds stop by at
the Sauvie Island Wildlife Area (and presumably Ridgefield N.W.R.) in fall.
They stay till around Thanksgiving, then head south. Perhaps these are
the birds involved in your sightings.

Good birding,

Tim

Tim Shelmerdine
Lake Oswego/Aurora, Oregon
shelmert at mail.clackesd.k12.or.us