Subject: Magnuson Park
Date: Feb 7 18:04:16 2002
From: Ruth Sullivan - godwit at worldnet.att.net


Hello Ellen,
I must say the same about not seeing to many Canada Goose when we latley
birded.Big groups was in Bay center where the Emperor Goose was
sighted.Beside that, the masses is not beeing found.I wonder if other
birders noticed this also.I hope there been not gased by some citys to get
rid of them.The Canada Goose is one of the most photographed,painted and
printed because there are so attractive.

Ruth Sullivan
Tacoma

----- Original Message -----
From: Ellen Granfield <edgranfield at attbi.com>
To: tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 5:49 PM
Subject: Magnuson Park


> Tweeters,
>
> Dark and rainy today, but excellent birding at Magnuson. Started off
looking
> for the Western Sandpiper, knowing how well they're camouflaged I stalked
> the shoreline and found a flock of 59 of them busy feeding, this was at
the
> public-swimming beach. The usual flock of American Wigeon was hanging out
> nearby on their favorite patch of grass. On the lake were to be found
> Grebes, Mallards, Bufflehead, Barrow's Goldeneyes, Common Goldeneyes and
> Lesser Scaup. First time this year four Red-breasted Mergansers were
> present. Alot of Ring-billed Gulls and a few Glaucous-winged Gulls. The
male
> Red-winged Blackbirds were very audible today, as were the Robins. (I just
> read that the winter Robins are not the same ones we have in summer.)
> Spotted three Rufous-sided Towhees and a House Wren. Did not see a Crow or
> Canada Geese. In fact have not seen very many Canada Geese this year at
all,
> at least at Magnuson. The Common Crows are another matter all together, as
I
> have seen them congregating at dusk near the University Village in huge
> numbers. They usually roost in the Arboretum.
>
> Ellen Granfield
> Seattle
> edgranfield at attbi.com
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