Hi Tweeters,

Last Friday 9-30 after I had posted I walked around a
bit by the water before leaving and watched the
Western Grebe with the yellowish bill cast a pellet.
This is not common according the Birds of North
America online but if they are feeding on something
with an exoskeleton they will cast pellets. I don't
know if there is any connection or not but this week I
saw my first crayfish in my area, a good sized one
cruising along on the bottom. This week the Western
Grebe numbers were up to four on Portage Bay. A
Horned Grebe came through again, but no Pied-billed
for me this week. The Robins are back in hungry
hordes, probably some are migrants. First Steller's
Jay passing through, perched on a tree squacked and
flew off.

Yesterday morning while I was going to catch the bus
to the UW from Evergreen Point (Medina area) I saw a
flock of approximately 25 Band-tailed Pigeon and a
flock of about 50 Cedar Waxwings in the area of the
bus stop there on 520. Nice start to the morning.

Oct 3 to Oct 7, from Sakuma Viewpoint Park, near Agua
Verde Restaurant to the Montlake Bridge:

Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard-copulating already
Horned Grebe
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Cooper's Hawk-immature
Ring-billed Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Rock Pigeon
Anna's Hummingbird
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Bushtit
Bewick's Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird-bathing
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Kathy
Roosting in S King County




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