Tweets,

Fred Parent and I went down to the field just north of Frager Road
where Charlie Wright first spotted the two Ross's Geese. The field
was empty so we drove around the industrial parks before coming to a
large pond to the south on S 199th (Boeing Ponds?). As we drove up a
large number of geese were flushed by a Bald Eagle including two
obviously different geese. We tracked them for several minutes before
they landed to the north. Driving back up Frager Road we spotted them
in a large field on the east side of the road a few hundred yards
north of the original location. There was a large gravel parking lot
with a wooden sign that says "Tukwila." The geese were on the far
north-east side of the field. With them were Canda, Cackling and
Greater White-Fronted Geese, 4 different geese in one spot! Thanks
for the keen eye Charlie.

Another neat sighting was in the field just to the south east of
S200th where we observed several Am. Pipits and about 4 adult and 3
newborn Killdeer running around. When we left the car we were saw the
broken wing display.

Good Birding.

Aaron Martin
Seattle, WA

On 4/17/05, Michael Hobbs <birdmarymoor at verizon.net> wrote:
> Tweets - I did a quick swing through the Kent Valley around mid-day today,
> and easily found the 2 ROSS'S GEESE previously reported by Charlie Wright.
> They were with Cacklers at the Boeing Ponds.
>
> I also stopped at the pond about 1/2 mile south of 277th on the West Valley
> Hwy, where there were several (5+) GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 2 drake CINNAMON
> TEAL, some dowitchers, and a MOURNING DOVE.
>
> Duck numbers and duck diversity are still pretty good. Swallows abound
> (didn't see any rough-wings, though).
>
> == Michael Hobbs
> == Kirkland, WA
> == http://www.scn.org/fomp/birding.htm
> == birdmarymoor at verizon.net
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