>Today Ruth Sullivan and I headed out to the Hoquiam Pond to see if we
>could relocate the TUFTED DUCK. We arrived around 9:30am and searched
>most of the morning without any luck. Our hi-lites were, 40+ SCAUP
>(LESSER and GREATER combined), 6 RUDDY DUCKS, 2 GREATER WHITE FRONTED
>GEESE, and other waterfowl. The tide was way out, which could have been
>a possible reason why the duck could not be found during the morning
>hours.

I checked the pond at high tide and could not find it either. But did see
the Rough-legged Hawk.

Bruce Fischer
Aberdeen, WA
stump at techline.com