Christine Vadai and I had a very successful day of birding on Sunday. We
started at Dash Point, worked our way north, cut over to Seward Park and
continued north to the Montlake Fill, then hit Frager Rd in Kent. The
highlight of the day was the plethora of canvasbacks in Lake Washington just
a little north of Seward Park. I've never seen them on this side of the
mountains. Check below for our day list.
Rahne Kirkham
Federal Way, Washington
rahne at mindspring.com
"Joy is the serious business of Heaven"
C.S.Lewis
----- Original Message -----
From: Christine Vadai <christinevadai at sprynet.com>
To: <rahne at mindspring.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 12, 1999 7:42 PM
Subject: Day list


>
> Hi Rahne,
>
> Had a lot of fun today (as usual). Here's the list for our S. King
County/E Seattle adventures:
>
> Pied-billed Grebe - two in Lake Washington
> Red-necked Grebe - two at Dash Point
> Horned Grebe
> Double-crested Cormorant
> Great Blue Heron
> Canada Goose
> American Wigeon
> Gadwall
> Mallard
> Canvasback - large numbers, Lake Washington
> Ring-necked Duck - small flocks, Lake Washington
> Lesser Scaup
> Oldsquaw - possible, Des Moines
> Surf Scoter
> White-winged Scoter
> Bufflehead
> Barrow's Goldeneye
> Common Goldeneye
> Hooded Merganser
> Red-breasted Merganser - one female, Dash Pt
> Bald Eagle - one at Seward Park
> Sharp-shinned Hawk
> Red-tailed Hawk
> Ring-necked Pheasant - one male at Montlake Fill
> American Coot
> Common Snipe - two at Montlake Fill
> Ring-billed Gull
> Mew Gull
> California Gull
> Glaucous-winged Gull
> Rock Dove
> Belted Kingfisher
> Northern Flicker
> Bewick's Wren
> Varied Thrush - one at Seward Park
> American Robin
> Black-capped Chickadee
> Song Sparrow - possible, Kent
> White-crowned Sparrow
> Brewer's Blackbird
> House Finch
> House Sparrow
> European Starling
> American Crow
>
> ... 44 species!!
>
> Regards,
> -Christine
>