Hi Tweeters,

The South County Journal ran a picture about a month
ago of the Mandarin Duck in downtown Kent. I still
haven't gone to see it so I am glad to hear it is
still around. His picture was very pretty.

Kathy

Kathy Andrich
Roosting in Kent
chukarbird at yahoo.com


--- Grant Hendrickson <granth1 at comcast.net> wrote:
> The Washington BirdBox is a voice mailbox sponsored
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> Ornithological Society. To leave a message about a
> notable sighting, or
> to listen to recent reports from other birders, call
> (206) 281-9172 and
> follow the prompts.
>
> Report operational problems to Rachel Lawson, system
> administrator. She
> can be reached at RachelLawson at softhome.net or (206)
> 282-5593. Please
> address any corrections (such as errors in place
> names or observers) to
> the transcriber, Grant Hendrickson, at
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>
> Monday, January 12, 5:04 PM - This is Gene Hunn at
> 206 365 2043. At
> 3:20 this afternoon I saw a first or second winter
> GREAT BLACK-BACKED
> GULL at the mouth of the Cedar River in Renton in
> Cedar River Park from
> the boardwalk. It was conspicuous standing there
> with three
> GLAUCUS-WINGED GULLS and dwarfing them. It had a
> striking white head
> and belly and black primaries and checkered coverts
> and a striking
> two-toned bill which looks more like a second winter
> than a first
> winter bird, but the eye looked darker. In any case
> there is a GLAUCUS
> GULL there as well. Good luck. I didn't have a
> camera so I'm counting
> on somebody else to verify it.
>
> Monday, January 12, 10:00 PM - This is Rachel
> Lawson, BirdBox system
> administrator. On Monday, January 12th, Ruth Johnson
> reports that she
> saw a MANDARIN DUCK in downtown Kent at a small park
> between the
> railroad tracks and first avenue. The duck was on
> the pond that could
> be seen from first and Gow. Ruth's phone number is
> 253 945 6093.
>
> Monday, January 12, 10:11 PM - This is Rachel
> Lawson, BirdBox system
> administrator. On Sunday Brad Liljequist had three
> REDHEADS at the
> Montlake Fill in Seattle. He saw the birds out on
> the bay from the
> south tip of the fill. Brad's number is 206 784
> 5351.
>


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