I and many other birders have seen the BEAN GOOSE in the Bowerman Basin
area today, 12/12. Brad Wilson reported it this morning on a playing field
at Gable Ball Park, which is on Hwy 109 just west of Hoquiam High
School. I found it there at 9:30 am with a group of about 50 miscellaneous
Canada Geese, and it was great to be able to watch it from inside the car
while the rain pelted down outside! At 10:50, all the geese flew off
towards Bowerman Basin, where they landed in a weedy field on the southwest
corner of the intersection of Paulson Rd (the turn-off for the airport) and
Hwy 109. They were still there when I left about 12:30. Earlier in the
morning, I think others saw this bunch of geese out by the airport. They
seem to move around quite a bit, but don't seem to go very far.

Many thanks to the indefatigable Ruth and Patrick Sullivan for finding the
Bean Goose and to all those who have been posting updates.

Rachel Lawson
Seattle