Date: 11/5/25 12:44 pm From: Jim Betz via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] SEOWs and Trumpeters ... RTH and Osprey ...
Ronda/all,
The weather here in Skagit is not going to be the best for SEOW ...
this week.
Hopefully more of them will show up by the time the weather cooperates. One
nice thing is that there is a young RTH (this year's?) that is hanging
out around
the East 90 and is very 'cooperative' (doesn't pay much attention to people
and stays right on the perch as you get close for photos). This RTH is also
very dark colored ... looks 'almost black' but isn't. It often flies
very near for
excellent opportunities for BIF if you are into that sort of thing. I
looked thru
my image library and the best SEOW pics have been in January and February.
The Trumpeter's have finally started to show up in numbers and the
indications
are that they are also the ones that winter over here. This morning is
the first
time we've seen any significant numbers from our house (i.e. "Butler Flats"
and the area around Sterling Hill). At least 50 today on the
potato/corn fields
feeding.
So far the best place to see the Snows is on Fir Island between the
Conway
bridge and Snow Goose Produce (which is closed for the season).
