Greetings All:
Today on a Kent Ponds census I flushed a Bobolink. This bird is not
chaseable, as it was simply flushed from the site and kept flying as far as
the eye could see (which, given the mist, was not all that far). The shape
in flight is distinctive, as is the call which it gave one time. This is a
slightly late record as well as a very rare migrant on the westside.
Other good birds included 3 Redheads, 2 Canvasback, a Eurasian Wigeon, a
late Common Yellowthroat, and a Merlin. Waterfowl were indeed well
represented with 15 species.
At the Boeing Ponds was a color-banded adult Cooper's Hawk (left leg, blue,
2 over C). In south Auburn at a tiny flood control pond along Ellingston
Ave, a Snow Goose was hanging out with some Mallards.
Charlie Wright
Bonney Lake, Washington