Swan hitting power lines .

[Special T]

Crop dusters arn't as big a deal in the skagit valley as in the Basin... To small of feild and chance to get bad wind drift.

[Dan-o]

I saw a goose set his wings and boink right into a power line 12-15 years ago.   It was a ways off, but the goose definitely hit the line and cartwheeled to earth.    I went looking, but didn't find the goose.

[Skyhigh]

They work in Skagit County. But like everything else with budget cuts. there is a high number of wire strikes.

So you believe Skagit county pays for these? try again...

[Hornseeker]

Power company should pay for them....

I found two pelicans below some powerlines just the other day...

And with a 8-10foot wing span, I think a swan could easily hit two wires and arc...

[Skyhigh]

Power company should pay for them....

I found two pelicans below some powerlines just the other day...

And with a 8-10foot wing span, I think a swan could easily hit two wires and arc...

In Skagit county thats exactly who pays for it. They have spent hundreds of thousands in reducing avian conflicts with powerlines over the last decade. They are mandated by the feds to do so.
A swan can either die from a contact with a line and then the fall or it can arc the two lines and die from electrocution same with eagles and other species..

[h2ofowlr]

A quality hunt Swan program might help to push them to another state, similar to the snow geese.  Might be an option.   

[johnsc6]

I thought the spinning reflectors were for the crop dusters? I know they use them in other places for that, I just assumed that it was the purpose here also.

nope.. for the swans, Who cares about the crop dusters???

[Skagit_Hunter]

I thought the spinning reflectors were for the crop dusters? I know they use them in other places for that, I just assumed that it was the purpose here also.

Crop dusters here are almost a thing of the past.