The jets you observed are EA18 Growlers, electronic warfare versions of
the F18, based at Naval Air Station Whidby Island, and what you saw were
routine training flights, which take them sometimes on a loop around the
Olympic Peninsula.


On 2020-08-26 07:16, jeffborsecnik at msn.com wrote:

>> We got off the ferry from Port Townsend at 4 PM Monday, and drove

>> north. I saw a lot of big white birds on shallow Crocket Lake across

>> the road from the ferry dock, and there was one guy watching them

>> through a scope. We did a U-turn to park and check who those birds

>> might be: There was a large flock of white pelicans apparently

>> feeding near the north end of the pond. I estimated ~120.

>>

>> How strange is this? I've never seen any on the west side, although

>> I know there are occasional reports. (I've only seen a couple before

>> in WA, in the Yakma River Canyon, so this was a pretty grand event

>> for me. There were also a number of military jets circling in some

>> loud drill, adding to the oddness.)

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