by the time we saw the birds in midafternoon, there were well over 200
individuals with what looked like around 20 percent younger birds, a number
of which were quite gray and young of the year.

regards,

t

On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 7:07 PM, Rob Conway <robin_birder at hotmail.com>wrote:

> I viewed this swan flock (just south of Remlinger) at around 11:00 AM this
> morning - there were 77 birds including 14 I could positively identify as
> immatures. While I was there a woman was walking along the road let her dog
> loose I believe with the intent to put the flock to flight. What is up with
> that kind of behavior? Later I viewed 12 swans in the big fields on the
> west side of Hiway 9 just south of Snohomish.
>
> As far as other birds go I am seeing Mountain Chickadees every day and
> oddly enough no Black Capped. I also had a flock of about 200 Pine Siskens
> swarming up and down the river on Friday afternoon.
>
>
>
> Rob Conway
> Preston / Fall City, WA
> 47.53N 121.92W
> robin_birder at hotmail.com
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:20:07 -0800
> From: crazydave65 at gmail.com
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: [Tweeters] idiots in carnation
>
>
> hi all:
>
> went up to carnation today and the swan flock had grown considerably. then
> a couple kids decided to walk out into the field and drove all the birds
> off. that was around 1:30-2:00. as of 4:00 pm this afternoon, the birds
> had not returned. somebody oughta spank the little brats.
>
> regards,
>
> t
>
> --
> dave templeton
> fall city, wa
>
> crazydave65atgmaildaughtcom
>
> "The highway of life is full of flat squirrels that couldn't make up their
> minds." ____unknown
>
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"The highway of life is full of flat squirrels that couldn't make up their
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