On Saturday nine birders, including a couple from New Jersey, enjoyed an
ELWAS field trip. We took the ferry from W. Seattle to Southworth, followed
the shoreline to Port Orchard, walked the trails at Theler Wetlands, and came
back by way of Purdy and Snake Lake Nature Center in Tacoma. We had a total
of 56 species.

Red-necked Grebe
Horned Grebe
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Canada Goose
Brant
Wood Duck - beautiful pair at Snake Lake
American Wigeon
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Greater Scaup
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Merganser
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture - flying over Manchester State Park
Osprey - flying over Purdy causeway
Bald Eagle - 7
Red-tailed Hawk
Peregrine Falcon - on West Seattle bridge
Ring-necked Pheasant
American Coot
Black Turnstone - 1
Killdeer
Mew Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Common Loon
Rock Dove
Rufous Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
American Crow
American Robin
European Starling
Marsh Wren
Bewick's Wren
Winter Wren
Bushtit
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Black-capped Chickadee
House Sparrow
Purple Finch
House Finch
Song Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird


Hugh Jennings
Bellevue, WA
hughbirder at aol.com