Subject: Pine Siskins and American Coots
Date: Dec 5 11:10:50 2002
From: Hugh Jennings - hughbirder at bigzoo.net


I hadn't seen many Pine Siskins in the Lake Hills Greenbelt in Bellevue this
fall. A few in Oct. and early Nov., but none in the past three weeks until
this morning. There were at least 50 perched in one alder tree. A few were
feeding, but most were preening and were not flitting around as usual.

Also, I usually see many American Coots on both Larsen and Phantom Lakes in
the fall and winter. I have not see any on either lake since Oct. when there
were only a couple.

I am still seeing two river otter almost every morning at Larsen Lake.