Ducks a plenty on the ponds, mostly american wigeon but there were a few good ones:

20 hooded mergansers - 4 on the north pond, 15 on shovelor pond and 1 out in Union Bay - I think this a personal best for the Fill.
4 lesser scaup on the main pond
1 ruddy duck on the main pond
14 common mergansers out in Union Bay

Also,

1 western meadowlark on the west side of the central pond
1 red-tailed hawk flying overhead - with the usual posse of crows in pursuit.
1 savannah sparrow

Plenty of buffleheads charging around Union Bay.
The crows don't seem to be congregating in the area before heading over to roost on Foster Island. Most birds were flying over the area just before it got dark - perhaps they are starting to hold territories.

Stuart
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Stuart MacKay, Seattle, WA