Well I "only" ended up seeing 27 species of waterfowl today (how often do
you get to say that?), but these included 78 male Eurasian Wigeon and a
hybrid, all but four of which were along Chuckanut Drive on the Samish
Flats. Tree Swallows were at Lake Terrell and Tennant Lake, and meadowlarks
were singing throughout the day. I have a couple pictures of the Whooper
Swan from this morning online:

http://flickr.com/photos/44786268 at N00/

Ryan Merrill
Kirkland, WA



On 3/4/07, Gary Bletsch <garybletsch at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Here are the 31 species of waterfowl we encountered:
>
> Whooper Swan, one near Ulrich and Ferndale Roads;
> Mute Swan, one to the west of above location;
> Trumpeter Swan, flocks in Whatcom and Skagit;
> Tundra Swan, just 2 near the Whooper;
> Canada Goose, many here and there in Whatcom;
> Brant, lots at Birch Bay and Semiahmoo;
> Snow Goose, 1 with Canada Geese near Whooper spot;
> Mallard, ubiquitous;
> Northern Pintail, nearly ubiquitous;
> Gadwall, just four at March's Point;
> Eurasian Wigeon, ones and twos, Whatcom & Skagit;
> American Wigeon, nearly ubiquitous;
> Green-winged Teal, small flocks here and there;
> Northern Shoveler, three or four off Ferndale Rd;
> Greater Scaup, 100's at Semiahmoo, Birch Bay, March's;
> Lesser Scaup; 100 or so at Lk Terrell;
> Ring-necked Duck, small #'s here and there;
> Canvasback, scores on Lk Terrell;
> Redhead, about 4 at Lk Terrell;
> Bufflehead, nearly ubiquitous;
> Barrow's Goldeneye, 5 + at Semiahmoo;
> Common Goldeneye; March's Pt, Semiahmoo, Birch Bay;
> Oldsquaw, many at Semiahmoo, Birch Bay;
> Harlequin, several each at Birch Bay, Semiahmoo;
> Black Scoter, 1 at Birch Bay, a pair at Semiahmoo;
> White-winged Scoter, 100's at Birch Bay, Semiahmoo;
> Surf Scoter, dozens at Semiahmoo, Birch Bay;
> Ruddy Duck, a few at Lk Terrell, Semiahmoo;
> Hooded Merganser, pair by Swinomish Bingo Hall;
> Common Merganser, many at Lk Terrell;
> Red-breasted Merganser, few at Birch Bay, March's Pt,
> Semiahmoo.
>