How could I forget the best of all? Heard and then saw a "V" of snow geese
flying right over Carkeek PArk in Seattle! About 20 individuals.

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> From: Christy Anderson <christya at gte.net>
> To: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Good weekend
> Date: Sunday, November 09, 1997 10:43 PM
>
> Couple of interesting experiences this weekend.
>
> Carkeek Park in Seattle:
> 11 BARROW'S GOLDENEYE right next to the beach, doing the head bobbing
> thing. 6 beautiful males.
> The other remarkable thing was a GREAT BLUE HERON in the park itself. I
was
> with a group of maybe 9 people next to the stream listening to a talk on
> stream ecology when the heron first flies over us, then lands not more
than
> 30 feet away. Then he began to walk toward us! Wow! Several people
> commented they'd never been that close to a heron before. We continued
> talking and moving around, didn't seem to bother him a bit. One very good
> birder in our group thought it might be a juvenile who just didn't know
any
> better. His fishing skills were not very heron-like either. He walked
back
> and forth almost continuously.
>
> And haven't heard anything about Juanita Bay in Kirkland lately. Today
> there were some large rafts of birds including GREEN WINGED TEALS, CANVAS
> BACKS, RING-NECKED DUCKS, AMERICAN WIGEONS, HORNED GREBES and RUDDY DUCKS
> and one NORTHERN SHOVELER. And of course, the usual COOTS, PIE-BILLED
> GREBES, MALLARDS, GADWALLS and DOUBLE CRESTED CORMORANTS and a BELTED
> KINGFISHER, didn't get the sex. And a pair of HOODED MERGANSERS in the
> small pond.
> The green-winged teals were vocalizing. I've never heard that before!
>
> And the weather? This is November?!! Fantastic! Sunny and 65 degrees.
>
> Christy Anderson
> Bellevue, WA
> christya at gte.net