The field trip to District 10, northeast of
Marysville, Yuba County was a whopping success with over 30 participants
looking at an estimated 3000 swans under blue skies. Flocks
were found along Mathews Lane, Woodruff Lane, Ramirez Road,
Kimball Lane and Ellis Road off Jack Slough Road.
Several Tundra Swans were found with neck collars
and the following information was retrieved about them: [from leader Jim
Snowden]
“These Alaska bands were found in D10 yesterday:
From Kotzebue Sound area were U203 and U242 banded in 06
U359, U360, U318, U300 and U345 banded in 07
From Alaska Peninsula (north) were P758 and P780 banded in 06
From Yukon Delta was K084 banded in 06
Also, AF9 (white on black) banded at Stillwater NWR, Nevada in
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Jim Snowden (foreground)
with the Grunows from Hayward, CA
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