Subject: Johns River Wildlife Area and Coast birds Sunday 2/1
Date: Feb 4 01:10:51 2004
From: prentki - prentki at prodigy.net


Hello Tweeters, I'm an Alaskan who birded through last weekend, with
Tacoma Audubon on Saturday and on my own on Sunday. I didn't see some
of the following birding spots reported this week, so I thought I
would provide what I came across on Sunday.



Johns River Wildlife Area (9AM)

Red-breasted Merganser,Hooded Merganser,Mallard,Bufflehead,

Common Teal, Ring-necked Duck, American Wigeon, Ruddy Duck,

Canada Goose, Wilson's Snipe,Greater Yellowlegs,Northern Shrike,

Northern Flicker,Common Raven,American Crow,Bewick's Wren,

Marsh Wren,Ruby-crowned Kinglet,Song Sparrow,Swamp Sparrow,

Fox Sparrow

Bottle Beach State Park

Red-breasted Merganser,Common Goldeneye, Canada Goose,

Sanderling (3),Dunlin (ca. 500), Black Bellied Plover (7),

Great Blue Heron, Mew Gull, Herring Gull, Black-capped

Chickadee, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Fox Sparrow



Brady's Oysters/Elk River Bridge

Double-crested Cormorant, Western Grebe,

Common Loon, Red-throated Loon, Dunlin, Great Blue Heron,

Belted Kingfisher, American Crow, Spotted Towhee, Song Sparrow



Grayland Beach State Park & Beach

Sanderling, Northern Flicker, Spotted Towhee, Hermit Thrush (2),

American Robin, Pine Siskin, Golden-crowned Kinglet,

Black-capped Chickadee, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Song Sparrow





Midway Beach

Sanderlings and several Snowy Plovers (lifer for me, after wading
across road washout)



Tokeland

Black Scoter, Surf Scoter, Long-billed Dowitcher (dozen), Willet,

Great Blue Heron



Dick Prentki

Anchorage,AK

mailto:prentki at alaska.net