Hi Tweets,

Cliff Drake writes:

>About 2:50 AM I awoke to the sound of a flock of birds, geese I think. It
>sounded like a large flock, the sound went on for a minute or so. The
>best description I can give is they sounded like a high pitched kind of
>musical barking. More flocks came over several more times, the last just
>before seven. I don't think they were Canadas or Greater White-fronted,
>the closest sound match I could find on my CD was Snow Geese. Would snow
>Geese be flying over Ballard at 2:50 AM? I'm not even sure they were
>geese...

Sound like incoming Snow Geese Chen caelurescens, Cliff--right sound, right
on schedule, and night makes no difference to them. Should hear them when
they arrive in low cloud and fog, circling...

Incidentally, Ken Klimko mentioned to me that Reifel Refuge in Ladner BC had
6 Snow Geese last weekend, the first birds back there this fall.

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