Checked for swans in the Stuart River andStuart Lake. I found 11 trumpeter swans
where the river runs out of Stuart Lake.
also found
30 common Goldeneye
9 Bufflehead
11 common Merganzer
1 common Loon
57 Canada Geese
3 Ring-billed Gull
3 very playful Otter

jcbowling at mindlink.bc.ca wrote:

> ** Randy wrote -
>
> > Today at 1230 PM there was a sandhill crane in the field across the road
> > from my house on Necoslie road outside Fort St. James B.C.. The
> > temperature here has been holding
> > between -13C and -5C with no snow yet.
>
> The "no snow yet" being the lack of forcing agent here, I believe. I just drove
> down from Fort Nelson yesterday for a couple of days home before heading
> back up. Very little snow cover anywhere. And also very few birds. A couple of
> Rough-legs, the odd shrike and starling. Apparently the Bohemian Waxwings are
> back in force here in P.G. which jibes with the heavy berry load this fall.
> *No* Trumpeter Swans on the Crooked River yet which I believe is the latest
> that they have never been there. Even a few harriers sticking it out at the
> various airports in c. BC still. No redpolls at my feeder yet...
>
> - Jack
>
> Jack Bowling
> Prince George, BC
> jcbowling at mindlink.bc.ca