Greetings,
Made a quick run out to Fish Lake today and the Long-tailed Duck was still present. It was with Barrow's Goldeneyes in the middle of the lake.
Dave Beaudette
Wenatchee,WA
drtbrdr at earthlink.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Anne Thorbeck <maryannethorbeck at attbi.com>
To: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Monday, December 16, 2002 11:32 PM
Subject: Lake Wentachee area


Hi Tweeters,

I was in the Lake Wentachee area for a short amount of time yesterday and took my scope over to Fish Lake. The surprise bird of the day for me was one Long-tailed Duck. The lake had thin ice around the edges but had mostly open water. There were several inches of snow on the ground but the temperature was a moderate 42 degrees at that time. Besides the Long-tailed Duck there were about 18 Barrow's Goldeneye, 24 Bufflehead, 150 American Coot, 12 Mallard, 12 Ring-necked Duck, 6 Redhead and 1 female Ruddy Duck. There was also a Slate-colored Junco in the area.

Mary Anne Thorbeck
Seattle, WA.