Hi All,

I won't waste bandwidth repeating the excellent directions already
posted, but I can attest that the bird put on a good showing Thursday
morning at the dam, circling around the outfall pipe. K Sauter and I
watched it from the time first checked that spot at about 8:30 ish
until we left an hour or more later (we were on the platform/catwalk
overlooking the dam). We had started the morning downstream at the
loafing spot, but didn't see it there.

*unconfirmed* sighting: if you're downstream by the roosting bar, check
any GWTeal you see for the eurasian subspecies. I didn't stop to make sure
(still hadn't seen the Ross's at that point) but thought I saw one on the
biggest pond in the "nature and wildlife" area.

Two travel tips: before taking Neil Fergusson's four-hour-from-the-start-of
I-90 estimate at face value remember: 1), the pass, and 2), to watch out for
low flying Cessnas (I was busted for going 75 mph about an hour from the
river).

Later,

Chris

Chris Hill
Zoology Department NJ-15
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195
cehill at u.washington.edu