[birding] Trumpeter Swans back in Suver area, Polk Co.

[Joel Geier]

Hello folks,

A family group of four TRUMPETER SWANS (two adults, one bigger than the
other, and two dusky immatures) were in the field on the NW side of the
intersection of Hwy 99W and Airlie/Suver Rd., which is roughly midway
between Monmouth and Corvallis. 

That general neighborhood, from Suver west to Airlie and thence NW to
Maple Grove, is an annual winter location for 40 to 60+ Trumpeters. I
haven't been checking that area in recent weeks so who knows when they
arrived. Normally the earliest arrivals will congregate in flood ponds
along the Luckiamute River to the SW of Helmick State Park. Tundra Swans
also occur in similar numbers around the neighborhood.

Happy birding,
Joel

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Joel Geier
Camp Adair area north of Corvallis