On a cloudy, cool day but without rain we recorded 83 species and a total of
17,491 birds. There were seven teams plus Richard Rowlett and his "death
march" in L. Sammamish SP (LSSP) for nine hours. He did manage to con two
friends to join him. They had 62 species, nine were not recorded by any other
team. Some of the interesting birds are listed below. I have the results by
each team in an Excel spreadsheet which I can e-mail as an attachment to
anyone that is interested. Just e-mail me privately.

2 Horned Grebe
73 Green-winged Teal
1 Eurasian Wigeon
1 Canvasback
45 Hooded Merganser
28 Common Merganser
16 Bald Eagle
1 Northern Harrier
7 Sharp-shinned hawk
4 Cooper's Hawk
41 Red-tailed Hawk
1 American Kestrel
1 Peregrine Falcon - near Sikes L.
2 Ring-necked Pheasant
1 Virginia Rail - LSSP
40 Dunlin - LSSP
16 Common Snipe - LSSP
2 Long-billed Dowitcher
1001 Mew Gull
1 California Gull
2 Herring Gull
1 Long-eared Owl - LSSP
7 Belted Kingfisher - 2 male, 2 female, 3 heard only
1 Red-breasted Sapsucker
1 Pileated Woodpecker
1 American Dipper
20 Fox Sparrow - 19 at LSSP
2 Lincoln's Sparrow - LSSP
2 Western Meadowlark
30 Brown-headed Cowbird
plus 3 River Otter

Hugh Jennings
Bellevue, WA
hughbirder at aol.com