Hi,

This morning on the Pilchuck Audubon trip, we had 6
Black-bellied Plover flyover. No other shorebirds to
speak of except Killdeer. We also had at least 10
Green Herons.

Michael Dossett
Bothell, Washington
phainopepla at yahoo.com


--- MaryK <bassclef at aa.net> wrote:
> Tonite I had the good fortune to find the Green
> Heron again, and this time
> scope it for about 30 min. It was skulking among
> and on the logs and boards
> near the cattails on the "house" side of the lake
> (sorry, don't know my
> east/west/etc.). At one point it hunched down,
> stuck its neck out, and
> started intently at the water, maybe 45 seconds or
> so, then it struck! but
> didn't come up with anything (that I could see,
> anyway). Also, something in
> the cattails was bothering it, because it kept
> peering back and raising its
> crest. It almost looked like a Mohawk haircut. The
> GRHE was kind enough to
> give me a good look at its back, front, and both
> sides. Unfortunately it
> was getting close to dusk so it was hard to
> distinguish the blue-greenness
> of its back.
>
> Perched on a log maybe 20 feet from the GRHE was a
> Great Blue Heron. It was
> really interesting to be able to compare the two and
> see that, although
> there're pretty incredible differences between the
> birds, it'd be hard to
> mistake them for anything but herons.
>
> All in all, a satisfying evening, but once again, no
> peeps. Oh well.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mary Klein
> Seattle WA
> BassClef at aa.net
>


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