At 04:01 PM 2/6/99 -0800, lydia wrote:

>Are ring necked ducks very common in semi-urban settings? (I'm only a
>casual birder, so I'm still quite naieve about fine details of birding)

I see them fairly regularly at Seward Park in Seattle and other sites on
Lake Washington in the winter. By "regularly" I mean i see a few of them
every third or fourth visit.


Slowly becoming somewhat less naive about some fine details of birding,

Paul Talbert
Seattle
tuisto at oz.net