I saw what I took to be a first year Tundra peregrine (Sibley p. 133) on
Bayview-Edison Road just north of Sullivan Road in the Samish flats, almost
exactly where (I thought) an immature gyr was reported. For some reason I
can't find this report; could whoever sent it reply to me offline? I'd like
to compare notes and figure out whether or not we saw the same bird.

A great day all around: great-tailed grackle, northern hawk owl, wild
turkey (ten males just north of the aforementioned falcon spot and east on
Samish Island Rd.), two imm. snowy owls (Big Ditch), a merlin, a brief
visual on a Virginia rail (both also at Big Ditch), about five hundred
trumpeter swans in three flocks (didn't find any tundras among them) and
the always-enjoyable sight of thousands of snow geese at close range.

Jim McCoy
jfmccoy at earthlink.net
Redmond, WA