Hi Carol and Tweets

Thank you VERY much, Carol for organizing this trip. What an enjoyable
day.!

Unfortunately, my friend had to go home and let her dog out - so we
missed the last part at the marsh.. We didn't find it when we went back
to the area of the ponds.
We also wandered the valley some, including the 'old fishing hole'
just off the south of the west end of Meekers street, Kent.
Karen was very delighted to find this area of nature trails, birds, etc.
She will be visiting the area often. Thank you again, Carol.

Sightings:

Gate # 1 area, including the pines:
Bald eagle
sma;ll flock canadas over head
widgeons overhead
No. Harrier
Downey woodpecker x the road in a tree
barn owl in pine ree - about 9:50

The pods from the elect. wire trail:
time 10:05 - 11;40ISH
Ruddy ducks
Harrier
mallards
great blue heron
king fisher
m & f common merganser
canada geese
one large white goose, back light grey. could not tell if
black wing tips, ibitiakky bill and feet/legs yellow/orange.
later in the day saw it again - same plece. Bill was
pinker. and a question of whether or not we could see
black wingtips. -or were we looking at shadows? Was large -
as the reg large canadas are. Decided it must be a
domestic goose.
coots - large flock
buffle heads
perigrin e chassing a bald eagle, then each perched in
different snags
m hooded merganser. fairly close, up front

At 10:30. I took some pictures - panaramic style, fdrom the elect. wires
trail --so, Carol, we will have some pictures to compare to how the area
changes. Can send you copies, if you like, when I get them printed.

Back at the elect. wres trail, 1:20 pm

A dark duck with wider bill similare to a no. Shovelor.
none decript. except a yellow band aroud the bill , on the
face( I don't know all those scientific terms yet), wider
than a ring billed ducks white at base of bill 2-3 times more.
ID ?
Northern shovelors 2 M , 2 f
ring necked duck, 1 m
green wing teals 7 m, 6 f

Pond closer to K-Mart
green wing teals
coots
mergansers. females race?
mallards
scaup - couldn't tell if greater or lesser

Old fishing hole - west of green river, and just south of
west end of meeker st., kent
Hooded merganser 1m 1f
ringnecked ducks
mallards
am. widgeons
gadwalls
mallards
gulls

We were headed towards Auburn, back road,
near emerald downs, east side of it, when we saw 2 eagles fly over.
Karen watched where they went, I turned around and went to the west
side f emerald downs, cross streeton north end of the area. and saw one
of the eagles on the ground, I questioned what I was seeing!! Thpought
it might be a big stake two colored!! TDurned south o west valley road,
and pulled over. Time 4 pm That was the second HUGEeagle that I have
ever seen!!! He was as tall as a lab dog, sitting, and took up as much
or more air space at a large lab would!!!
I took several picturres, with my douibler on with my 4300 zoom, and
abrubtly was at end of roll!! AAGHH............... and how I wished
the doubler worked well on auto FOCAS.......Hr then flew. and what
shots I MISSED!!!!!! Couldn't manually focus fast enough.......
What a beautiful ending to a gorgeous day!

On the west side of emerald downs, off of west valley road, there is a
wet land with one fair sized pnd with a sign 'Enerald Downs Wet Land'.
we turned in ( bad road) Time 4:10 pm
Sightings:
mallards
gulls
large flock of 'peeps' I don't know the shore birds very
well.
buffle jheads
canada geese 2 races
am. widgeons
Eur. widgeons
N. shovelors
No. pintails
great blus heron
hooded mergansers
grenn wing teals
coots.

The day initaill was very cold, foggy and frosty. it did clear off to
mostly sunny. at about 4:30 pm temp was up to 44 degrees. What a
wonderful day!!

Thank you again, Carol for plannin this..
Betty. Chimacum near Pt. Townsend