Hi Tweets, Yesterday as I was looking out my back window a saw a huge white
swan on one of the ponds near my house. I got the binocks and saw the
orange bill so identified it as a mute swan. I've lived here eight years
and this is the first sighting of this non-native species at my house,
although I saw them in Indiana last summer and in Europe previously. It
stayed for about two hours and then flew over to another nearby pond and
stayed for another couple of hours and then flew off. I guess it was just
exploring since it hasn't returned today. Maybe this is the bird that's
been hanging out at Long Lake [which is a couple of miles from this
location]? I live off the Yelm Highway on the Indian Summer Golf Course in
Olympia. Were you missing your swan yesterday from 10:30 AM until about
3:00 PM yesterday Burt? Bert Bartleson, Olympia