Mike West and I did a pre-run of a Sat. field trip to the Bob Heirman
Wildlife Area on a beautiful morning. Hope the weather holds up until Sat. We
were greeted by 75 Trumpeter Swans that could be seen, from the parking lot,
in the ponds below. For those that don't know where this area is -- From
highway 9 south of Snohomish, turn east on Broadway Ave., then left (east)
onto Connelly Road, continue on to a well marked parking lot on your left. A
complete list of birds seen in about 1-1/2 hours follows:

Pied-billed Grebe
Trumpeter Swan - 75
Greater White-fronted Goose - 3 flying and doing their distinctive honking
American Wigeon
Gadwall
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
Glaucous-winged Gull
American Crow
Bewick's Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Black-capped Chickadee
Pine Siskin
House Finch
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Spotted Towhee


Hugh Jennings
Bellevue, WA
hughbirder at aol.com