Hi Tweeters,

How could I have forgotten ALL thos ubiquitous Coots?

LOTS of Coots


Michael Dossett
Shoreline, Washington
mpdossett at Juno.com

On Sat, 29 Nov 1997 17:40:29 -0800 mpdossett at juno.com (Michael P Dossett)
writes:
>Ran out of time this morning to go to Portage and the weather got
>nasty, so I just went to the sewage ponds. While there, we saw:
>
>1 Bald eagle (adult)
>7 Red-tailed Hawks (one of which was a Harlan's)
>7 Great Blue Herons
>100+ Canvasbacks
>2 Redheads
>2 Little Gulls (with the Bonaparte's on the south end)
>50 Bonaparte's Gulls (all on the south end)
>100+ Mallards
>150+ Pintails
>300+ Northern Shoveler
>40 Ruddy Ducks
>4 Ring-necked Ducks
>Several Greater and Lesser Scaup
>50 American Wigeon
>70 Gadwall
>4 Bufflehead
>
>LOTS OF DUCK HUNTERS!
>
>
>
>Most of the numbers I gave above are estimates (anything over 10).
>This was the first time I had been there, and I was really surprised
>to see so many red-tails just by walking around the ponds on the
>gravel road. At one time, I could see four of them at a time sitting
>in the trees. I would have thought they would be a little more
>territorial, maybe the hunter's retrievers weren't doing a very good
>job.
>
>Next time, I will bring my spotting scope and a tripod, and maybe I
>will get a better look at some of the birds sitting out in the middle.
>
>
>
>Michael Dossett
>Shoreline, Washington
>mpdossett at Juno.com