Hi Tweets -
I watched the same flight of the Great Egrets that Carl reported. A
bit before noon, I checked out the pond Carol mentioned yesterday -
no egrets there, but it looks like a great place. Between visits
yesterday at dusk and today at noon, I've seen or heard Yellow
Warblers, Green Heron [2-3], American Bittern [a couple booming at
dusk] & Virginia Rail.
After missing the egrets there, I entered the Kent Ponds area via the
southern trail off Russell Road. One of the Great Egrets was in a
pond by the observation tower. It flew up and was quickly joined by
the 2nd GREG who circled a bit then headed north.

I drove up to the Boeing Ponds, where the 2 egrets were hanging out,
lurking in the reeds.
Also at Boeing were a good set of shorebirds:
5 Long-billed Dowitcher
1 Western Sandpiper
1 Least Sandpiper
1 Solitary Sandpiper
1 Greater Yellowlegs
2-3 Spotted Sandpipers
[probably some Killdeer too, somewhere]

Before coming home, I stopped down in Auburn and saw that the Black
Phoebe is still present on the M St. spot. A few peeps were out on
the muddy pond here, but I was scopeless so I couldn't get beyond
'peeps'.

Good birding,

Matt Bartels
Seattle, WA


>Status: U
>From: "Carl Haynie" <cbh at pluggablelogic.com>
>To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 14:05:51 -0700
>
>
>Today at approximately 12:45 p.m., there were two Great Egrets, undoubtedly
>Carol's birds from yesterday, in flight low over the s.w. corner of the
>Kent Ponds. I was standing on the bike trail. They were flying north in
>the direction of the Boeing ponds until I lost sight. Some other possible
>places to look are the marshy ponds to the southeast of I-405 and InterUrban
>(exit 1) which are on Longacres Boeing property. Boeing security had let me
>bird there a few weeks ago.
>
>Carl Haynie
>Sammamish, WA
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