Haven't had a chance to bird North Seattle Community College on a regular
basis
like I used to. 35 minute walk through past the surge pond and through
the north green space. The plants around the pond (blackberries, shrubs,
trees)
are not as grown up as in the past, so finding happy WOODDUCKS was really
nice.
The green space tree plantings are popping very nicely, and some trails
are being
somewhat formalized (alas, I prefer the wilder look), but still pretty
natural.

Surge Pond:

30+ gadwalls
2 pair of wood ducks
2 pied billed grebes
1 American wigeon
1 female hooded merganser (i've never seen a lone female before, very
odd)

Elsewhere:

lots of black capped chickadees
several gold crowned kinglets
a flurry of house finches
a few gold finches
a bungle of bushtits
several bewick's wrens
robins
flickers
several ruby crowned kinglets

Not amazing, but very promising, except for the lack of any hawks.

Douglas Daily, Patricia Federighi, Bargello
Northgate, Seattle, WA
mailto: dfdaily at juno.com