Subject: Winter waterfowl at Kennedy Creek Estuary, Mason County
Date: Sep 10 17:52:42 2000
From: Douglas Canning - dcanning at igc.org


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Here between 1316 and 1521 September 10 while the tide was
rising from 4.8' to 10.8' as predicted for the Burns Point gage. The
afternoon was warm (20oC) under 100% cloud cover with a slight breeze
from the west. Shorebirds remain scant as they have been since the
fall migration began. Winter waterfowl have begun to show up. The
birds were constantly coming and going between Kennedy Creek Estuary,
and Oyster Bay and Schneider Creek Estuary. The census numbers simply
represent the largest number of a species seen on Kennedy Creek
Estuary at any one time. Additionally, I saw 2 Swallow spp., either
Tree or Violet-green.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Great Blue Heron 2
American Wigeon 1
Mallard 13 [1]
Northern Pintail 18 [1]
Killdeer 3
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Bonaparte's Gull 25
Ring-billed Gull 200
Western Gull 1
Caspian Tern 3
Belted Kingfisher 1
American Crow 75

Footnotes:

[1] Males still in eclipse plumage.


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Douglas Canning
Olympia, Washington
dcanning at igc.org
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