Hello Tweeters<
I could not resist birding today in Olympia at the Black Lake Meadows.I
been reporting about this place so many times since i discovert this most
nicest birding place in Olympia.It started on April 26th 1997 when there
was Solitary Sandpipers reported.When i went to see the Sandpipers,i was
astonished to find a lush and beautiful landscape with diversity of
habitats than called the "North Percival Creek"Storm Water Detention
Ponds.This is also in late 97 where i fall for the verry red brilliant
Dragonflie the "CARDINAL MEADOWHAWK"as i did not know than the name of this
Dragonflie.Patrick and i reported 91 species in the first year to November
there are recorded 102 alltogether November 97.It kind of became a hotspot
for the Olympia areabeside East Bay.
There is a new place builded by the Boy Scouts a little building
overlooking the pond as a blind right where the Wood Ducks are usual beeing
sighted.The Pond edges vegetation been realy looking good since i been not
visiting this place i believe was in late 1998 when i took the photos of
the large group of Blue-winged Teals .
What i also realy treasure is the solitude one can experince to go birding
there to realy enjoy the birds.
I notice the House Sparrows are not on this houses and been retrieving to
the berry bushes,where i pished them out.I only had 38 species but i was
sitting down on a bench(yes there are benches) to watching the birds on the
pond.
Highlighs where:
I Greater Yellowlegs
8 Common Snipe
3 Cedar Waxwings
6 Yellow-rumped Warblers(myrtle)
1 Rufous Hummigbird
30 Pine Siskin
6 American Goldfinches
So relaxing it was on such a beautiful day.This give me the strenght to
have a verry good week,also i escaped all the noise today when every one
doing there yard work i dont do any more.So to every one out there
wondering all the birding and looking for Dragonflies. I converted my yard
in to a Bird Sanctuary.

Ruth Sullivan
Tacoma
godwit at worldnet.att.net