Hello Tweeters:

Some time ago Lydia wrote:

<<What the heck were they? Very tiny. About the size of a Pied Billed Grebe.
Black heads and bills, Broad White-ish necklaces, speckeled with black. Back,
speckled black and white. Dark under bodies. These little birds were diving
from the surface of the water. Very strong swimmers in the current. They
were staying pretty much in the same spot inspite of the strong current.>>


Was walking along the Green River today about 11:00 a.m. and saw a couple of
Palegic Cormorants successfully fishing under the Meeker Street Bridge. They
are very strong swimmers and were staying in relatively the same spot in a
very strong current. When surfaced, they "sit" very low in the water. Though
I didn't have binoculars to get a detail look at them, the "Birds of Seattle
and Puget Sound" (Chris C. Fisher) picture shows them to have a whitish
necklace and white on their backs. The major difference between these and the
birds Lydia describes is the size. The Pelagic Cormorants are a little larger
than a Mallard.

On the river, perched on a stump over the water by The Old Fishing hole was a
Green Heron. Also, at 240th (the extension of James Street) and Russell Road
at the river there was a Bald Eagle soaring. This is the general location
where others have recently seen them.

Jim Brewster
BrewsPad at aol.com
Kent