Subject: [Tweeters] Baikal Teal at Kent Ponds today (Jan 13)
Date: Jan 13 15:21:27 2005
From: Alan J. Knue - bluejay at surfbirder.com


Hello All,

The Baikal Teal was re-located by Michael Hobbs, myself and others
between 12:45 and 1:30 this afternoon at the Green River Natural
Resources Area (Kent Ponds). If you park at the building with the blue
roof trim on S 226th, walk out to the Power Line paved pathway and turn
right to scan the channel which heads north, which is between the Grassy
Knoll and the SE viewing tower. The bird was resting, preening and
feeding on the left side of this channel. The bird is somewhat easy to
locate by looking for it's buff-yellow face and green white and black
bridle (assuming it's not in the vegetation or asleep). The lightly
spotted pinkish chest, grey sides, white fore stripe (on side of chest
like a Green-winged Teal) and white stripe before the black vent area,
and long sickle-shaped black and light cream scapulars were very diagnostic.

Other birds of note: Eurasian Wigeon, American Bittern and Peregrine Falcon.

Good luck to those who search for this beauty.
--
Alan J. Knue
bluejay at surfbirder.com

Seattle, WA, USA