I have only one Wood Duck record from King County - at the Montlake Fill on
July 16, 1995. I did not write down the precise location but my
recollection is that it was on the wooded pond near the "dime lot". I
think that is the southeast corner of the fill. Interestingly the date
does not fit that well into the pattern of the surveys you cited.

Jim Elder (jelder at sea-dmi.com)
SEA, Inc.
7030 220th St. SW
Mountlake Terrace, WA

On Monday, January 24, 2000 7:45 PM, Hal Opperman
[SMTP:halop at accessone.com] wrote:
> Gene Price raises a question that needs to be revisited from time to
> time. Are Wood Ducks on the increase around Lake Washington?
>
> Ellen Ratoosh in her surveys of the Montlake Fill, 1979-1983
> (Washington Birds 4:1-34, 1995) found Wood Ducks a few times:
>
> 2 May 1979 - single male
> 22 May 1980 - single male
> 9 Jul 1980 - single
> 9 Aug 1983 - single
> 2 Sep 1983 - single male
>
> She also notes that they formerly (before 1951) nested in trees at
> the southwest corner of the Fill.
>
> Kevin Aanerud's surveys from 1972-1980 and again from 1984-1989
> (Washington Birds 1:6-21, 1989) found birds each fall, "often in a
> small flock, maximum count nine on 28 Aug 1987." All of his
> sightings fell between 24 Aug and 1 Oct, except for a single male on
> 14 Apr 1988 and another on 25 May 1988.
>
> I'm copying Kevin on this posting. It will be interesting to see if
> he and others can confirm that the pattern from the '70s and '80s is
> holding steady or changing.
>
> Wood Ducks nest and are seen quite regularly at other times of the
> year along the east shore of Lake Washington, for example at Juanita
> Bay Park, Cozy Cove (between Hunts Point and Yarrow Point), and
> Bellefields Nature Park (Mercer Slough).
>
> Hal Opperman
> Medina, Washington
> mailto:halop at accessone.com
>