Today, Tuesday December 27, I walked around Green Lake (Seattle, King County) for the first time in weeks. I found three male Eurasian Wigeons in the flock of 300+ American Wigeons on the playfields near the east beach (Community Center/Evans Pool).

Both adults eagles, presumably the Woodland Park pair, were out and about over the lake. The male doing a large circuitous tour and coming back to one of their favorite trees at the very northern edge of Lower Woodland Park (near the underpass at Aurora Avenue North). Later both adults came over near the Red-winged Blackbird cattails at the northwest corner, the female coming down and snagging a dead fish (5" give or take) from the lake, both then returning to the same evergreen, sitting side-by-side. Gave my out-of-town visitors a good look at them.

A male Wood Duck was prowling close to shore in the northwest corner as well. Always a treat to see at the lake; doesn't happen often.

Marveled at the lack of Ruddy Ducks. I suspect last year's Alum treatment (5 times the dose of 1991) may have reduced food availability, but since nobody ever establishes a baseline and/or does follow-up studies in their gung-ho attitude to "deal with" the green of Green Lake, there's nothing conclusive known about this.....

Martin Muller, Seattle
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----- Original Message -----
From: anna kopitov<mailto:amk17 at earthlink.net>
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu<mailto:tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 3:00 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] Green Lake - of note



Today at Green Lake, a Bald Eagle was observed flying over the lake and
perching in a conifer. Also, a single Eurasian Wigeon was amongst the
flock of American Wigeon on the east side of the lake. (Is wigeon the
plural for wigeon?)

A. Kopitov