Wow! How typical is it to have large flicks of Trumpeter Swans at AFR? Are
they just resting prior to further migration or do they winter in the area?

Diann Stone Boise Depot Bench

On Sat, Dec 8, 2018, 5:42 PM Chuck Trost trostchuck@cableone.net [ible] < ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> Howdy,
> This after noon I counted Trumpeter Swans in fields on both sides of AFR.
> On the NW side along about 3 miles of Vambaur Rd. there were 456 resting
> and feeding in snowy fields. And on Rio Vista Rd near Sheepskin Rd on the
> Fort Hall Reservation there were 180, for a total of 636! No neck collars
> were seen. Much of the upper end of the reservoir was frozen, as was some
> of Springfield Ponds.
> Good Birding!
> Chuck Trost
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> Always forward, never straight…
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