Birders,

Please note the attached report of an adult WHOOPER SWAN with 3
cygnets, accompanied by a TUNDRA SWAN, at Summer Lake in south-central
Oregon. Does this remind anyone of the Mamit Lake, BC birds of last
year?

What I'd like to know is-- how did these # at %$! birds get through BC
and Washington this year without being seen by anyone?

Wayne C. Weber
Kamloops and Delta, BC
wayne_weber at bc.sympatico.ca



-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Miller <crmiller at BENDNET.COM>
To: Multiple recipients of list OBOL <OBOL at BOBO.NWS.ORST.EDU>
Date: Friday, November 03, 2000 9:35 PM
Subject: More on the Whooper Swan


>Marty St. Louis reports a WHOOPER SWAN for the past three days. He
saw it
>again at 11 AM today (3 Nov.). We went down to look for it this
afternoon,
>but it did not show. When seen it has been across the road from the
Summer
>Lake headquarters at the Wildlife Viewing pond. It has been seen
there
>sporadically, and is not known where it hangs out when not there.
>
>This is likely the same bird that was seen for 3 successive years a
few
>years ago. Similar to that bird, this bird was hanging around with a
Tundra
>Swan. However, this one is also accompanied by 3 cygnets that have
white
>areas on their bills that look like Whooper patterns.
>
>Hopefully, more folks than just the refuge personnel will have a
chance to
>see this magnificent bird.
>
>Craig & Marilyn Miller
>crmiller at bendnet.com
>