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| Group of Adults and dusky gray juveniles. These birds showed up on my brother's birthday, Nov 9th, 2021 |
Trumpeter Swans are HUGE. When they are standing near Canada Geese, the geese look like ducks. The only swan you can see in the states that is larger are Whoopers... which occasionally fly from Asia into the western bits of Alaska.
The annual excitement of the waiting for the Trumpeters began in September. The return took took forever... OK, took until November, for the Trumpeter's arrival. Now they are here though, scattered around Sequim, rarely solitary, they group up from 20 birds to a few hundred.
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| Elk seen from Schmuck Road |
On the way home from the grocery store, I love to drive up Schmuck Road (yes, that's the name) where I can see wild Roosevelt Elk, and numerous species of waterfowl in the agricultural fields along the road.
But one morning on my to the grocery store, only a mile or so from my place, there were nearly 100 Trumpeters in a field off East Anderson Road. I pulled off the road and sat watching, photographing and video taping the lolling Swans. Their amiable chatter is enchanting. Listen, and see if you can understand their morning chit-chat.
