Hi Tweets,

At about 5:30 am this morning I walked under several hundred crows
roosting on the utility lines on both sides of Taylor Ave North,
between the 1500 and 1800 blocks, on E. Queen Anne. The east side of
Queen Anne seems to be a favorite roosting spot for crows, since I've
observed them in this area on many occasions.

Saturday we were kayaking on the north side of the Wasp Island Group
in the San Juan Islands and drifted into a flock of 100+ Red-necked
Phalaropes feeding on zooplankton. As we drifted along with the birds
they came within a couple of meters of the kayak, so we an excellent
opportunity to observe their feeding behavior. The plankton were nearly
transparent, about 5 mm long and looked like some type of crustacean
larvae. The Phalaropes were mostly in juvenile plumage. Feeding
nearby were numerous Bonaparte's Gulls, Marbled Murrelets, and
Rinoceros Auklets.

Don and Sandi McVay
Seattle
dmcvay at cmc.net