My wife and I saw a hooded merganser (male) very near the observation decks around 6:45 Friday night.
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From: Ryan Merrill
To: Tweeters at U.Washington.edu
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 1:43 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] Juanita Bay Red-breasted Merganser


It was a very nice morning at Juanita Bay Park today. The biggest highlight was a male Red-breasted Merganser, a first for the park. It was fairly far out in the lake but was present all morning and is probably still there. Other nice birds include great views of both Red-breasted Sapsucker and Hutton's Vireo, plus a few Pine Siskins. The gulls included the adult Western that has been there several months at least, and an adult California Gull.

I have a couple pictures of the sapsucker online:
www.flickr.com/photos/rjm284

Ryan Merrill
Kirkland, WA