I also saw a Whooper swan in Elma, Washington in 2019:
https://ebird.org/checklist/S54148687 it was marked an exotic by ebird
admins but as far as I know there is no evidence that it was an escapee.
Perhaps the same bird again.
On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 1:00 PM Ian Paulsen <
birdbooker at zipcon.net> wrote:
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HI ALL:
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Saw this posted on the ABA's RBA Facebook page:" A Whooper Swan was
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found
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Nov. 19 in Courtenay on Vancouver Island, BC. It was relocated on the
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20th. There is speculation that this could be the returning individual
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that was seen last spring in Washington, Vancouver BC and the Yukon. If so
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Washington birders should keep their eyes open in areas where it was found
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previously."
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sincerely
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Ian Paulsen
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Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
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