Hi Tweeters,
I just returned from a soggy walk along the Everett WTP with Ian
McGregor and Margie Palmer and located the Black-headed Gull. Today it
hung out on the East side of the ponds and was actively feeding with the
many Bonaparte's and three Franklin's Gulls. Other birds of note were:

* denotes species of interest

Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe *
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Canvasback * My first at the ponds this season
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead * These also seem early.There were both males and females
Ruddy Duck
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
American Coot
Yellowlegs Sp
Dowitcher Sp
Common Snipe
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Black-headed Gull 1
Franklin's Gull 3
Bonaparte's Gull
Mew Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Forster's Tern * one seen on the South end of the Ponds
Northern Flicker
American Crow
Barn Swallow 3
Marsh Wren
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat 1
Spotted Towhee
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird

Also note hunting Season has begun and so the parking lot on the road to
Spencer Island was filled this morning. When hunting season begins it
means there are generally more ducks visible on the Ponds but also that
they are more nervous. The west side of the ponds are still closed due
to construction.

Yvonne Bombardier
Everett, Wa
ravenn at premier1.net