Hi Tweets:

On Saturday Jim Ganley led an East Lake Washington Audubon (www.elwas.org)
field trip from the West Seattle Ferry Terminal to Theler Wetlands, Belfair.
13 of us enjoyed a sunny day which included a windy morning. At Southworth
we birded the shoreline to Manchester State Park, then along Beach Drive to
Port Orchord and Hwy 3 to Theler Wetlands. We returned via Purdy and Tacoma.
There were many highlights among the 74 bird species seen. We also saw deer
and a muskrat.

Pied-billed Grebe
Red-necked Grebe - several in breeding plummage
Horned Grebe - several in breeding plummage
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Greater White-fronted Goose - 1 at Theler Wetlands
Canada Goose
Brant - 3 large groups; about 600 total
Eurasian Wigeon - 3 along Beach Drive
American Wigeon
Gadwall
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Harlequin Duck - 6 sitting on a raft south of the W. Seattle ferry terminal
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture - 1 soaring above Theler Wetlands
Osprey - 1 on the nest on the tower another soaring above
Bald Eagle - ~8
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
Greater Yellowlegs - 6 at Theler and 1 near Southworth
Black Turnstone - about 12 near Southworth
Killdeer
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Bonaparte's Gull - 1 near Southworth
Pigeon Guillemot
Common Loon
Rock Dove
Rufous Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Pileated Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
Northwestern Crow
American Crow
Common Raven
American Robin
European Starling
Marsh Wren
Bewick's Wren
Winter Wren
Bushtit - 2 building a nest near end of boardwalk at Theler Wetlands
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Barn Swallow - 1 seen at Theler Wetlands
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
House Sparrow
Pine Siskin
House Finch
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Savannah Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird

Joyce Meyer
Woodinville, WA
MEYER2J at aol.com