On Thursday morning, 13 birders visited Tukwila and Kent Ponds on our regular
E. Lake WA AS field trip on 2nd Thurs of each month. It was a perfect day,
partly sunny, calm, temp in upper 40's.

2/11/1999 ~ in Tukwila Ponds ~ 18 seen
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Ruddy Duck
Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Gadwall
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
American Coot
Glaucous-winged Gull
American Crow
European Starling
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird


2/11/1999 ~ in Kent Ponds ~ 33 seen
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Ruddy Duck - 48
American Wigeon
Green-winged Teal - 16
Mallard
Northern Pintail - 10
Northern Shoveler
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Merganser - 10
Great Blue Heron - 5
Bald Eagle - 2
Northern Harrier - 2, couldn't see any tags
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 6
American Kestrel - 1
Peregrine Falcon - 1
American Coot
Common Snipe - 1 found dead under powerlines on south side - I took it home
and
will turn it in to the Burke Museum along with a Varied Thrush that flew
into
window at my home on Tues.
Rock Dove
Barn Owl - 1 in pine trees at Anderson Park, chased off by two crows into
dense
brush on west side of river bank
Northern Flicker
American Crow
American Robin
European Starling
Marsh Wren - 2
Black-capped Chickadee
Song Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark -1

Hugh Jennings
Bellevue, WA
hughbirder at aol.com