Wes Jansen writes:

>A friend and I were birding Spencer Island about three weeks ago on a
>Saturday evening (that's Saturday night entertainment for bird geekers)
>and watched a Peregrine devour some less fortunate bird on a snag just
>north of the bridge to the island. In the waning light, we first thought
>it was an osprey eating a fish, but after looking through a scope from
>several different angles, we concluded it was a Peregrine ripping out
>feathers. By the way, we had the whole island to ourselves--Saturday at
>dusk is a good time to be there if you don't like crowds!

On Saturday, John Flavin saw a peregrine on Jetty Island and on Sunday we
both saw one stooping sandpipers as it moved north along the west side of
Jetty. It was small so we thought probably a male. It is always
unbelievable to see how fast that bird can fly! I wonder if this is the
same bird that has been seen several times at Spencer Island. We only saw
one Caspian Tern on Jetty this weekend, so most of the others have moved
on or are hanging out elsewhere.

Ed Schulz
Everett, WA
eschulz at eldec.com