This is a rather late report, but seeing Martin Muller's reminded me I should
report in also. My wife and I left late Fri. afternoon on Kingston ferry and
got to Point-No-Point after 5 which was too late to see many birds and no
Petrels.

Sat. we started at Oak Bay Co. park and saw the usual birds with Harlequin
Ducks the most interesting. Except we did see a crow fly by with a small
brown bird (I would guess Song Sparrow) in its bill. It flew a few yards,
landed, put the bird on the ground, looked around for a few seconds, picked
up the bird, flew a few yards, landed and repeated this about four times
before getting out of view. We never did see the crow eating the bird.

At Fort Flagler SP we saw a large flock, >50, Pacific Loons, Red-breasted
Mergansers, etc. At Marrowstone Pt., the most interesting viewing was about
10-15 Black-tailed Deer eating grass in the parade grounds and around nearby
buildings. Also, saw a "submarine" heading south in the channel, probably to
Bangor.

When we got to Pt. Wilson on this cloudy, windy, cold morning we tried to
find a place out of the wind and met up with Martin Muller with a group of
kids and adults. I don't have anything to add to his report. We then
stopped at the So. Sequim Bay area at Blyn Crossing where there were lots of
birds in the mudflats off the dike road to the log yards. Hundreds of
American Wigeon, Dunlin, Black-bellied Plover, Black Turnstone, Red-breasted
and Hooded Mergansers, Green-winged Teal, and others.

Next was the 3 Crabs Restaurant area where we met up with Jim Flynn and a
group of 12-15 birders he was leading. (I was expecting to see a report on
Tweeters on his trip). There were thousands of AMWI (incl. 1-2 Eurasians)
and at the horse barn ponds there were a number of Pectoral Sandpipers, a
Common Snipe, Long-billed Dowitchers, Northern Harrier, etc. Most
interesting was a Bald Eagle that flew over just off the beach and then
swooped down and picked up an AMWI which it proceeded to fly off with while
the wigeon continued to struggle and cause erratic flight of the eagle.

Sun. morning it was beautiful, sunny and calm when we went to Ediz Hook. We
saw Common Loons, D-c and Pelagic Cormorants, Black Turnstones, Harlequin
Ducks, three grebe species, Savannah Sparrow, Heermann's Gulls, Black
Oystercatchers, etc. We saw an interesting confrontation between the Black
Oystercatcher and a female Surf Scoter. The BLOY was feeding along one of
the many logs when it approached the SUSC resting in a cut in the log. As
the BLOY got within a few feet, it raised its head and opened and closed its
bill many times. The SUSC did the same thing. This went on back and forth
for about a minute and then the BLOY walked a couple of steps closer to
within two feet of the SUSC which then decided to give up and it slipped into
the water, allowing the BLOY to continue on down the log feeding.

It was a nice weekend trip made special by the bird behaviors we were able to
observe.

Hugh Jennings
Bellevue, WA