Hi Tweets,

Arlen Fletcher writes:

>Paced two Trumpter Swans as they flew to Clear Lake
>(Northwest of Mt. Vernon, WA about 3 miles) this evening
>about 6:00pm. This is the earliest we've sighted them
>in our neck of the woods - usually it's much closer to
>Halloween. Nice to seem them back again!

You betcha! And you're right, they're just over a couple weeks early. Avg
southbound arrival in Vancouver BC is Oct 27 (Tundra's avg, Oct 23).

>Any bets on when/if/how-many Snowy Owls will return to
>the Skagit Valley this winter?

Well, again, arrival there isn't going to be signifivcantly different to
arrival here; here the southbound average is Nov 17.

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