Four members of ELWAS saw 43 species on our monthly trip to Spencer Is. It
was a cloudy, cool (36-40), breezy, but dry day. Birds recorded at Ladner
Riverfront Park on way in, at sewage treatment ponds visible from road and on
south loop of Spencer Is. Last month the cross dike was cleaned up of logs
strewn on the dike and tons of rock had been brought in to build up the dike
and provide stabilization. After flooding last month, the dike has been
severely damaged, logs are strewn all over the top, rocks have been washed
away and erosion taken place. There was also a bloated, smelly, dead cow on
top of the dike. We also saw a Black-tailed Deer.
SPECIES SEEN
>From 12/8/1998 to 12/8/1998 ~ in Spencer Island ~ 43 seen
Pied-billed Grebe
Western Grebe - at Ladner Park
Double-crested Cormorant - at Ladner Park
Ruddy Duck
Swan species - three flew by, could not identify to Trumpeter or Tundra
Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Gadwall
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler
Canvasback - large numbers on north pond
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle - 1 immature
Northern Harrier - 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 10, 1 a very light phase, resembled Krider's in Nat'l Geog.
book
Peregrine Falcon - 1
Virginia Rail - 1 heard
American Coot
Long-billed Dowitcher
Dunlin - 30-40 on concrete dikes in north pond. Tides were very high with no
mudflats or shoreline exposed.
Mew Gull - large numbers in south pond
Glaucous-winged Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Belted Kingfisher - 1 male
Downy Woodpecker - 2 feisty females fighting over space for extended time.
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
American Crow
Varied Thrush
European Starling
Marsh Wren
Winter Wren
Black-capped Chickadee
House Finch
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Spotted Towhee

Hugh Jennings
Bellevue, WA
hughbirder at aol.com