Date: 1/19/26 10:25 am From: Martha Jordan via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Min-winter Swan Surveys and Whoopers
The WDFW mid-winter swan surveys were completed last week. The results will be out in the first part of February or sooner. Lots of swans in the Skagit and Snohomish county areas. AND it was a two Whooper Swan week! The King County report that we had seen the day before it got reported in King County via eBird, and a different whooper in Snohomish County seen on Wed. I have personally seen both swans and have looked at some of the photos taken by various people. These two sightings are not of the same Whooper. There was another sighting of a Whooper in Whatcom County earlier in the season. And the report of the Whooper in Olympia. The question is: are there only two Whoopers or are there three. Meanwhile we do know there are many Trumpeter and Tundra Swans throughout the region this year. The flood waters have caused a redistribution of landscape use. And remember, if you see any sick or dead swans please call the WDFW Swan Hotline number: 360-466-0515 And on a final note: the injured Tundra Swan in Union Bay/Montlake area appears to be recovering and is now with a group of Trumpeter Swans in the same area.
