Aren't they resident year round? Maybe I'm wrong. Stranger to me was
that I had one at my sunflower feeder a week ago. I have only seen one
visit once before, in April 2003. I don't live next to a wetland. The
nearest I am certain it could have been visiting from is Greenlake.

Alyssa Sampson
Maple Leaf
Seattle

On Jan 25, 2004, at 12:50 PM, Irene Wanner wrote:

> Two RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS at Leschi Marina (Lake Washington). Is this
> early? I know they come there before I hear them other places, but
> end of
> January seems new.
>
> Other usuals were: common mergansers, goldeneye and bufflehead, gadwall
> and mallard, wigeon, coot. Heard Steller's and flickers in the trees
> above Madrona dance studio
>
> Irene
> Seattle Central District
>