Hi Tweets,

A quick rip down to Iona this evening for the late high tide. Pretty quiet.
It's late, so just a species list. On this morning's high tide, Rick Toochin
saw 50 Western Sandpipers Calidris mauri, so the numbers are swelling.

Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
*Ring-necked Duck* 1f
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
*Bufflehead* pair
Ruddy Duck
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Ring-necked Pheasant
American Coot
Killdeer
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper ~30
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Caspian Tern 113 on sandbar
Rock Dove
Northwestern Crow
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
N. Rough-winged Swallow
*Bank Swallow* 1
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Marsh Wren
American Robin
European Starling ~1000
Common Yellowthroat
Spotted Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Yellow-headed Blackbird NE pond, 1jv, 1f, 1m
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Cheers,

Michael Price A brave world, Sir,
Vancouver BC Canada full of religion, knavery, and change;
mprice at mindlink.net we shall shortly see better days.
Aphra Behn (1640-1689)