Several thousand Snow Geese this afternoon between Boe and Thomle Rds. Bear Stanwood. Did not see any swans in the Stillaguamish Valley today.
Phil Dickinson
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On Mar 28, 2022, at 1:31 PM, jimbetz at jimbetz.com wrote:
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Hi,
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I was gone for 10 days - when I left the swans and snow geese were already
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dwindling. I did a quick driving survey from about 10 to 11 this morning.
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It was a day of spotty, light rain. By the time I was back home at noon
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there are hot spots but you'd still have to call it "overcast with scattered
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showers". Here are the results:
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Bald Eagles - numbers down but still present. Adults in/near nests, immatures
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elsewhere.
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Hawks - several redtails, a Rough-Legged, and two Harriers. No Kestrels.
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No peregrines.
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Ducks - "everywhere" but not the numbers we were seeing just over a week ago.
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One Bufflehead and the only other verified species were all Mallards.
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Great Blue Herons - zero (unlikely I missed them). Tide was high so they
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were likely just somewhere else. Since the rookery is 'just across
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the bay' seeing zero GBHs is notable but not rare.
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Flicker - one.
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Ravens and Crows - a few.
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Red-winged Blackbirds - where ever there were cattails. Other blackbirds -
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normal (several hundred in groups of 50 and up).
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Snow Geese - one large concentration near D'Arcy and Bayview-Edison Rd.
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At least 5k and possible over 10k.
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Trumpeter/Tundra Swans - one area near D'Arcy and Farm to Market. About 500.
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Seagulls - just about every where.
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There are no swans on the Butler Flats - one group of Snow Geese. (Verified
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with spotting scope from our house.)
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I was expecting to be blanked on the snows and swans - pleasantly surprised to
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see any at all. I did not have time to wait and see ... those groupings are,
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perhaps, "transients" moving North and stopping over to refuel ... ?
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- that's all folks ... Jim in Burlington
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