Subject: [Tweeters] Mute swan in Olympia
Date: Mar 5 15:34:56 2011
From: Douglas Canning - dcanning at igc.org


On February 16th I saw a Mute Swan on Capitol Lake, Olympia
(coincidentaly, the last day on which I saw the Trumpeter Swan on
Capitol Lake).

If the Capitol Lake Mute Swan I saw is the same one as the Lacey lakes
swan, then it sure does move around!

Doug

On 5 Mar 2011 at 11:29, Bert Bartleson wrote:

> 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


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Douglas Canning
Olympia, Washington
dcanning at scattercreek.com
dcanning at igc.org
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