On Sunday, my husband and I saw two adult and six immature Trumpeter
Swans in a field along SR 530 between Silvana and Stanwood.

Jane Hadley
jhadle at halcyon.com
Seattle, WA

Anna Coles wrote:
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[snip first part of message about various other birds]

> our first sighting of Sunday, just west of I-5 near
> Conway, about 43 Swans in a fallow field. We still can't distinguish
> between Tundra and Trumpeter (even using all the pointers we've gathered
> recently), but we're guessing this group was either Tundra or a mixed
> flock. We saw larger flocks farther north and west, in fields we could
> not get close to in the car. If anyone else was in the area and can
> positively ID the Swans, I'd appreciate knowing your ID. --Anna and
> Steven Coles, Seattle, WA acoles at u.washington.edu

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