Hello,
Swans are beginning to move around, getting ready for the final push
north. I have received reports of red collared swans in Quilcene. Last
year birds from Whatcom County moved down to Chimacum/Quilcene area for
several weeks prior to the spring migration. If any of you are out birding
and see red collars on swans outside of Whatcom or Skagit counties PLEASE
let me know. Try to get the collar code if at all possible. The codes
will be #F# or F## or M## The 9 is stylized to look like a y with a top
on it.
Also, black collars on Tundras -- let me know if you see these birds
anywhere. Their codes will be YA#, YC# or EA#.
We know that 6F4 is now in the Quilcine Bay area. Did anyone see this bird
over there prior to mid-February?
Thanks.

Martha Jordan
www.swansociety.org