> This morning 8/3 at West Point in Discovery Park, Lindy Birkel and I
>saw 7 species of gulls (Glaucous-winged, Western, California, Heerman's
>Ring-billed, Mew & Bonaparte's) many in nice breeding plumage along with
>several in very confusing molts. There were also around 50 Caspian and a
>dozen Common Terns. So, if you're feeling especially masochistic, go
>gull watching at West Point one of these days .
>
>BTW, moving in a small flock up and down the shoreline were 13 juvenile
>Northern Pintails (I assume they were all juveniles). Is this unusual for
>August?
>
>David Buckley
>lsdb at u.washington.edu

Migrant dabbling ducks (wigeons, pintails, g-w teals, shovelers) in female
plumage (may or may not include eclipse males, females, juveniles?)
annually inundate the coast of Washinton in August (mostly on outer coast,
few around Seattle), but 3 August seems a bit early. Were they definitely
juveniles, not eclipse males or females? Juveniles probably fledge in the
interior some time in July, so I guess why not?

Dennis Paulson