Hi folks,

Walked up the "Indian Trail" to Three Tree Point and back on the beach
to the Seahurst (west of Burien, King Co) area yesterday. Didn't see
anything spectacular, but what a wonderful day to go for a walk!

I saw:
Common Loon
Pacific Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Western Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Horned Grebe
American Wigeon
Red-breasted Merganser
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Harlequin Duck - 3 male, 2 female
California Gull
Heerman's Gull
Mew Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
"Olympic" (G-wing X Western) Gull
Rhinoceros Auklet
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Short-eared Owl - 1/3 way across East Pass toward Vashon Island!!
Band-tailed Pigeons - 6 in sound-side fir tree
Rock Dove
Anna's Hummingbird - at least 6, including a bright male!
Hairy Woodpecker
Red-shafted Flicker
Belted Kingfisher
Crow
Steller's Jay
Robin - Lots!
Hermit Thrush
Winter Wren
Bewick's Wren
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Black-capped Chickadee
Bushtit
Cedar Waxwings
"Audubon's" Warbler
Pine Siskin
House Finch
Oregon Junco
Song Sparrow
Starling
House Sparrows

Harbor Seal
California Sea Lion
Brush Rabbit
Eastern Grey Squirrel

Not bad for a couple of hours of wandering up and down the beach...

Jon. Anderson
Olympia, Washington
festuca at olywa.net