18 birders visited Kent Ponds from 0840-1230 on a cloudy, cool, comfortable
day. We had access to fenced areas thru special consideration of Matt Knox,
park manager. The official dedication of the Kent Ponds Park will be at 5:00
p.m. on Monday, Oct. 5. Everyone is invited to attend.

SPECIES SEEN
>From 9/19/1998 to 9/19/1998 ~ in Kent Ponds ~ 41 seen
Pied-billed Grebe
Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Gadwall
Green-winged Teal (4)
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron (1 or 2)
Northern Harrier (1)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (1)
Cooper's Hawk (1)
Red-tailed Hawk (4)
American Kestrel (2)
American Coot
Greater Yellowlegs (3-4)
Long-billed Dowitcher (6-8)
Western Sandpiper (8-10)
Killdeer
Glaucous-winged Gull
Belted Kingfisher (3 male and 1 female)
Downy Woodpecker
Steller's Jay
American Crow
American Robin
European Starling
Marsh Wren
Violet-green Swallow
Barn Swallow
American Pipit (15-20)
American Goldfinch
House Finch
Common Yellowthroat
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
Western Meadowlark (1)

Hugh Jennings
Bellevue, WA
hughbirder at aol.com