I counted four adult swans (and three immatures) from the upper deck in
Husky Stadium Saturday afternoon. The view is great from there, but
close inspection is a bit difficult, so I would not swear they were Mutes.

Roger Olstad a sometimes Saturday Stadium birder
Univ. of Washington, Seattle

On Mon, 6 Nov 1995, Eugene Hunn wrote:

> Stuart,
>
> Is your feeder area just north of the main central pond where there's a
> patch of what looks like lawn surrounded by blackberries, etc.? I saw
> several white-crowns and golden-crowns, a fox, three lincolns, & two
> spotted towhees there Saturday AM. Also an ad. male Cooper's and an
> immature Cooper's, two adult and one subadult Bald Eagle, two Red-tails,
> and a Short-eared Owl, the latter being driven off to the se by crows. A
> Green Heron was still lurking in the willow on the w edge of the main
> pond and I counted closer to 50 Hoodies there. Six Mute Swans are on the
> bay, including three gray juveniles.
>
> Gene Hunn.
>
> On Mon, 6 Nov 1995, Stuart MacKay wrote:
>
> > Well Guy Fawkes day was kind of interesting at the Fill:
> >
> > 34 hooded mergansers on the central pond - very impressive.
> >
> > At the feeder:
> >
> > 10 golden-crowned sparrows
> > 6-8 white-crowned sparrows
> > 2 savannah sparrows
> >
> >
> > BTW In the UK, Guy Fawkes was a royalist and after the supporters of King
> > Charles I were defeated by Oliver Cromwell in the English Civil War, he tried
> > to blow up the Houses Of Parliment with everybody in it. South of the border,
> > the "festivities" involve burning an efigy of Guy and celebrating that he
> > didn't succeed. Meanwhile north of the border, most Scot's celebrate because
> > he tried, but alas, failed :-))
> >
> > See ya,
> >
> > Stuart
> > --
> > Stuart MacKay, Ravenna Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105
> >
>