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Avian Influensa Updates
Wild aquatic birds including gulls, terns, and shorebirds, and wild waterfowl such as ducks, geese and swans are considered reservoirs (natural hosts) for avian influenza (AI). Most wild birds infected with bird flu viruses are asymptomatic (i.e., do not exhibit signs or symptoms of illness). The waterbirds being found with AI have tested positive for …
OPAS raises funds to save swans, bury power lines
By almost any measure, the trumpeter swan is impressive. The heaviest and longest native bird of North America, it dons grey plumage in its youth before emerging stark white after about a year. The swans make their way to the Sequim-Dungeness area each November. At Kirner Pond, about a mile west of the Woodcock/Sequim-Dungeness Way …
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The Carrot Protection Crew – Sequim, Washington
You may have visited the Sequim-Dungeness area on the Olympic Peninsula and discovered a wonderful treasure of nutritious vegetables from Nash’s Organic Produce store. The farm and store are owned by Nash Huber. The farm store and produce are beloved institutions. What you may not know is there is a strong relationship between Nash’s organic …
SWANS ARE ARRIVING IN WESTERN WASHINGTON
Trumpeter and Tundra Swans are in full migration mode coming out of their Alaska and western Canada breeding grounds. The Tundra Swans are expected to be arriving or moving through both eastern and western Washington at this time of year. The Trumpeter Swans are about 2-3 weeks early in western Washington than in recent years. Most …
TRUMPETER SWANS FROM 1981
Historical photo of Trumpeter Swans from 1981 at Big Lake near Mt. Vernon, WA. At that time about 400 Trumpeter Swans wintered in this area with about an equal number of Tundra Swans. Now there are about 9,000 swans in this same area. A testament to collaborative work with government agencies, farmers, citizens and nongovernmental …
SWANS DYING IN SNOQUALMIE VALLEY
During one of our regular swan surveys south of Monroe WA, Martha Jordan discovered several dead and sick swans at Crescent Lake in mid-March. Over the next 14 days NWSCA in cooperation with WDFW led an effort to retrieve the sick and dead swans and tally the feather piles of swans that died and were …
Ruth Shea – Our conservation and science advisor for eastern WA RMP swans
After studying the causes of Trumpeter Swan nesting failures in Yellowstone National Park in the 1970s, Ruth dedicated her career to the conservation of Rocky Mountain Trumpeter Swans. Ruth earned her MS in Wildlife Biology from the University of Montana in 1979, worked as a biologist for a several federal and state agencies (U.S. National …
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