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Saturday, December 19, 2009

Trumpeter Swans in the Skagit Valley yesterday

There are also snow geese. It's hunting season. Hunters were filling
fields with white objects as decoys to lure the birds to shoot them.

The birds were coming in from the south in large beautifully patterned
formations. Againt the back drop of mountains it was simply
exhilarating.

In safe marshlands they landed yet were very wary. I scared them away
when I walked closer but not close to photograph them well. Some seemed to
know it was a safe haven. I'm sorry I scared them away from their food
source. I was surprised they took off with me as far away.

Maybe they could post a sign.

I saw a few hunters with their geese in hand walking out of the marshes.

I also saw a pair of dead mallards in an area where it said, no
hunting allowed. Obviously that was just about killing.