Hi Ian,

Thank you for the notice. Last year the visiting Whooper Swan in Snohomish
appeared to develop a maternal bond with some of the juvenile Trumpeters
who took to following the Whooper around in the fields. On one of my last
visits, the Whooper Swan and the juveniles were together and definitely set
apart from the rest of the swans. So I would not be totally surprised to
see them return together.

Ronda

On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 1:26 PM Marcus Vorwaller <marcus at vorwaller.net>
wrote:


> 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:

>

>> HI ALL:

>> Saw this posted on the ABA's RBA Facebook page:" A Whooper Swan was

>> found

>> Nov. 19 in Courtenay on Vancouver Island, BC. It was relocated on the

>> 20th. There is speculation that this could be the returning individual

>> that was seen last spring in Washington, Vancouver BC and the Yukon. If

>> so

>> Washington birders should keep their eyes open in areas where it was

>> found

>> previously."

>>

>> sincerely

>> Ian Paulsen

>> Bainbridge Island, WA, USA

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