I'm a beginning birder so I don't post much to the group, I just
listen. I regularly
drive Slater Road on my way to Lummi Island and I often see large flocks
of small
birds. I have been wondering what they are, so thank you for letting me
know they
may be pine siskins! Also on Sunday afternoon about 12:15, I saw a
large flock of
trumpeter swans in a field off Slater Rd, first time I've seen them this
year.

Joanna Colbert, Lummi Island
stellamaris at nas.com

>I was birding in Whatcom Co. Sunday when I stumbled on a flock of
approx.
>400 Pine Siskins with 1 Common Redpoll mixed in it. This was .5 mi.
down S.
>Red River Rd. off of Slater Rd. in the tops of Alders along the road.

>Ken Knittle, Gold Bar, WA
>xenops at msn.com