Subject: [Tweeters] King County; 22 October 2004
Date: Oct 22 16:33:27 2004
From: Charlie Wright - charlie at birdwright.com


Greetings All:
My dad and I took a quick loop through the Kent Valley then to Dash Point
today (22 October). Found the most birds around Smith Brothers Dairy, while
Dash Pt was rather slow.

WEST VALLEY HWY (11:00-12:30):
Greater White-fronted Goose (63)
Cackling Goose (570 minima)
Canada Goose (35)
Eurasian Wigeon (1)
American Wigeon (300): wigeons at 285th Street fields.
Northern Harrier (1 HY f.): south of 285th flying over I-167.
Bald Eagle (4)
Peregrine Falcon (1ad. m.)
Greater Yellowlegs (2)
LESSER YELLOWLEGS (1)
Dunlin (15)
Long-billed Dowitcher (83)
Wilson's Snipe (1)
American Pipit (110)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (4)
Savannah Sparrow (2)
Brown-headed Cowbird (250)

DASH POINT PIER (1:00-1:30); extremely high tide:
Lesser Scaup (100)
Bufflehead (4)
Barrow's Goldeneye (32)
Common Merganser (20)
White-winged Scoter (15)
Horned Grebe (5)
Red-necked Grebe (2)
Western Grebe (2)
Bonaparte's Gull (45)
Mew Gull (15)
Rhinoceros Auklet (1)

Cheers
Charlie Wright
Bonney Lake, Washington