pretty normal to see several kingfishers around juanita bay park on a daily
basis as well... haven't thought to see if they were all male, though...

00 caren
http://www.parkgallery.org
usually found at juanita bay park, kirkland, WA


-----Original Message-----
From: tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu
[mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of B. A. Wolfe
Sent: Friday, 2004 November 05 14:08
To: Brew; tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Belted Kingfisher Sightings



Although unable to see whether a male or a female ( didn't have my bins
with me this morning), I heard a kingfisher rattle when walking through the
park near the mouth of Longfellow Creek, near the 24 Hour Fitness off
Delridge in West Seattle. Also saw one dead salmon in the creek, and spoke
with a gentleman who walks the creek daily and saw a live salmon minutes
earlier.

On monthly bird monitoring forays with People For Puget Sound, monitoring
sites along the Duwamish, we frequently get kingfisher sightings. Will
report later what we see/hear this Sunday morning.

Brett A. Wolfe
Seattle, WA
gismybabe at yahoo.com



Brew <BrewsHome at thewiredcity.net> wrote:
Hi:



Believe that at one time someone in the Seattle area was keeping a log
of Belted Kingfisher sightings. Also remember that "winter" sightings of
females in the Puget Sound area were rather unusual, so don't know whether
or not my sighting this morning of a female Belted Kingfisher is normal or
not. This bird sat on the tallest pilling in the group between The Lobster
Shop and Marine Park on Ruston Way in Tacoma for at least half an hour
during the time I watched it. Had a good profile and the burnt orange on
the chest was prominent. Then west of the Lobster Shop saw a Belted
Kingfisher in flight but couldn't ID the sex. Also on my return walk past
the pilling where the female had been, there were three Belted Kingfishers
flying together just above the surface of the water, the most that I've seen
in that area at one time.



In the same time frame saw three Bonaparte's Gulls in the water just off
the dock by the pillings and that is where I've seen one or two in the past.
This is where last week I saw a Franklin's Gull in flight with about six Mew
Gulls but haven't seen it since then. They were flying together against a
strong wind and no more than 20-30 feet away from the end of the dock so got
a good look at it and from Sibley's determined that it was a Franklin's
Gull. After many years of having a casual interest in trying to identify
birds I see on my walks, have finally started a birding class given by the
Tahoma Audubon and mentioned this sighting to the instructor who said it was
a "possi! ble" but couldn't confirm it. I walk that area quite often and
haven't seen the Franklin's Gull since last weeks sighting.



Jim Brewster
Tacoma
BrewsHome at thewiredcity.net

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