Spencer Island on Sept. 27
15 Birders - 45 Species - It was a sunny, warm day. We could not park at the
usual place and instead of a 3/8 mile walk to the island, we had to walk
1-1/2 miles. We saw Cedar Waxwing everywhere and a lot of Killdeer. We got
good scope looks at a flock of Long-billed Dowitchers swimming in shallow
water, an Osprey trying to cope with a large fish, Hairy Woodpeckers, a
female Western Tanager, a Horned Grebe, and an American Pipit walking on the
edge of the mudflats. We saw one female Northern Pintail, a few Green-winged
Teal, a number of Northern Harrier and Red-tailed Hawks. Playing a recording
got both a Virginia Rail and a Sora to respond. We saw number of
Yellow-rumped Warblers including some taking a bath in a small rivulet. We
also saw some river otters and a harbor seal in the river at Langus Park. A
complete list of the birds and a photo of the Osprey with the fish can be
seen at the following link:

http://www.elwas.org/highlights/data/20030928_161803433

Hugh Jennings
Bellevue, WA
hughbirder at bigzoo.net