Michael, you probably did see a Wood Duck. There have been 2 there lately.
Someone told me they hatched there this summer. I don't know about that.
They looked like females to me, but could have been juveniles.

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From: Michael & Janka Hobbs <MJCT_Hobbs at email.msn.com>
To: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Subject: Juanita Bay Wetlands Park Report (King Co WA) 10/22/98
Date: Thursday, October 22, 1998 4:33 PM

Brian Bell and I did go to Marymoor this morning, but the fog never
cleared, and there wasn't much to report. Best birds from Marymoor were 5
or 6 Western Meadowlark and 1 Common Snipe.

So this afternoon, with the fog cleared, I went to Juanita Bay for a
beautiful walk. There are plenty of ducks and coots there, with the
highlights as follows:

REDHEAD Certainly two males, and I think 1 female as well
CANVASBACK 1 pair
Bufflehead 15 - males and females
Greater Scaup 1 female
Horned Grebe ~5
Western Grebe ~5
Common Snipe 2

The other ducks present were
Mallard MF - perhaps 20
Gadwall MF - 30-40
Ring-necked Duck MF - 75+
Northern Shoveller MF - 10
Green-winged Teal MF - 8
Ruddy Duck MF - 6
Wood Duck Uncertain. Thought I saw one.
American Wigeon MF - 25

One disturbing thing was watching two guys with a City of Kirkland truck
remove a beaver dam which had formed a pond under the "new" Market St.
bridge.

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland WA
== MJCT_Hobbs at msn.com



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