Subject: Kent Ponds (GRNRA)
Date: Dec 9 13:49:03 1999
From: Hughbirder at aol.com - Hughbirder at aol.com


The East Lake WA AS did its monthly survey of the Kent & Tukwila Ponds. Only
three showed up which is too bad since its was a relatively nice day, cool,
windy, but no rain and some sunshine. We saw a total of 27 species at Kent
Ponds and 22 species at Tukwila Pond Park with six not seen at Kent Ponds.
The totals shown are for Kent Ponds.

Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant - 6
Ruddy Duck - 20+
Canada Goose - 100+
American Wigeon - 100+
Gadwall - 20+
Green-winged Teal - 30+
Mallard
Northern Pintail - 20+
Northern Shoveler - 50+
Bufflehead - 30+
Hooded Merganser - 10+
Common Merganser - 6
Great Blue Heron - 4
Cooper's Hawk - 2
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
Peregrine Falcon - 1
American Coot - 100+
Glaucous-winged Gull
Barn Owl - 1 at Anderson Park
American Crow
European Starling
Bewick's Wren
House Finch
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco

Six additional species seen at Tukwila Pond Park;
Ring-billed Gull
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Black-capped Chickadee
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Red-winged Blackbird

Hugh Jennings
Bellevue, WA
hughbirder at aol.com