Hi Tweets,

A quick rip over to Lost Lagoon and Devonian Park. Warm and calm in early
afternoon, became overcast and cooler by late. Approximate numbers only. No
scope, just bins, so a fairly big (~200) flock of Western-type Grebes must
have got the word: it was close inshore just off the Second Beach Pool, but
just out of bins range, and only a handful identifiable.

Devonian Park

Common Loon 1 jv, near Royal Vcr Rowing Club Bldg
Horned Grebe 1 ad Basic, near Royal Vcr Rowing Club Bldg
Canada Goose ~60 no diminutive races present
Mallard ~20
Eurasian Wigeon 1 f, rufous-morph
Eurasian X Amer. Wigeon 1 m
American Wigeon ~75
Bufflehead 2 pair
American Coot 5
Mew Gull 3 2a, 1 Basic 1
Ring-billed Gull 15 12a, 3 Basic 1
Thayer's Gull 4 4a
Glaucous-winged Gull ~30 mostly ad, ~5 B1, 2 B2
'Olympic Gull'* 12 10a 2 B1
Rock Dove ~30
Belted Kingfisher** 1 m*, Royal Vcr Rowing Club Bldg
Northwestern Crow ~100
Winter Wren 1
European Starling ~150
Song Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 5
House Sparrow 1 m

** worn brownish median coverts; First-year?


Lost Lagoon

Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Canada Goose ~20
Green-winged Teal 1 m
Mallard ~400
Northern Shoveler 5 f or ecl m's
American Wigeon 5
Canvasback ~20
Ring-necked Duck 11 5m
Greater Scaup ~30
Lesser Scaup ~7000 that's not a typo: ~7 thou
Long-tailed Duck 1 f
Common Goldeneye ~150
Barrow's Goldeneye ~30 usually not so numerous
Bufflehead 3 1m 2f
Hooded Merganser 2 m/f pair;
Common Merganser 8 6m 2 f or jv
Bald Eagle 1 a
American Coot ~50
Mew Gull 2 a
Ring-billed Gull 3 a
Thayer's Gull 1 a
Glaucous-winged Gull ~20
'Olympic' Gull* ~15
Rock Dove ~75
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Northwestern Crow ~20
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 4
Winter Wren 16 (!)
Golden-crowned Kinglet ~10
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 3
European Starling ~40
Spotted Towhee 6 4m 2f
'Sooty' Fox Sparrow 1 (1 other heard in weak song)
Song Sparrow 8
Dark-eyed Junco 7 all 'Oregon'-type
Red-winged Blackbird 2 2m

* Western X Glaucous-Winged hybrid

Cheerio!

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