At 7pm there was a female lazuli bunting in the bushes at the south end of shovelor pond. It sat out in the open on some woody vegetation for a few minutes, calling, before disappearing into the line of small dogwoods that fringe the west side of the pond.

Other notable things were:

2 dunlin - on shovelor pond
1 least sandpiper - with a broken leg, on shovelor pond
6 cedar waxwings
2 brown-headed cowbirds
4 common yellowthroats singing
1 male Wilson's warbler in the willows on the east side of the main pond
39 gadwall on the main pond
3 female bufflehead
1 pair of lesser scaup.
3 cinnamon teal
several Vaux's swifts

One of the gadwall was sitting out of the water and had some difficulty standing. It appeared unable to use it's legs though it could sit up using its tibia. However when it tried to move it would fall over on one side. It did not appear to have paralyis in its neck or other wise appear physically injured, though it's plumage did appear untidy.

Any chance this could be botulism ?

Stuart
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Stuart MacKay, Seattle, WA