Hi Tweeters,

Still Greater Scaup in the cut but mostly quiet on the
duck front, not even a Bufflehead all week and I
looked hard. On the other hand I am up to 3 confirmed
Bushtit nests and one other I know about but haven't
seen yet, and a fifth suspected. Crows are actively
setting up nests too. Refurbishing one in a Madrona
tree at Sakuma Viewpoint park not more than 50 feet
from the first Bushtit nest I found. Also a new crows
nest likely soon near the Montlake Bridge, they are
putting sticks on the branch which promptly fall off
the branch. Black-capped Chickadees act like they are
looking for nest sites. Unfortunately there isn't
much for them.

>From Sakuma Viewpoint park (near Agua Verde restaurant
on Boat Street) to the Montlake bridge, along Portage
Bay:

Canada Goose-including an intermediate form with
half-crescent white collar marking
Gadwall-copulating
American Wigeon-displaying
Mallard-displaying
Greater Scaup
Common Merganser
Double-crested Cormorant
American Coot
Gull sp.
Ring-billed Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Rock Pigeon
Anna's Hummingbird-singing and displaying
Northern Flicker
American Crow-nesting
Black-capped Chickadee
Bushtit-nesting
Bewick's Wren-singing
Ruby-crowned Kinglet-singing
American Robin-singing
European Starling
Song Sparrow-singing
White-crowned Sparrow-singing
Red-winged Blackbird-singing
House Finch-singing
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow-singing

Kathy
Roosting in S King County



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