This morning at Juanita Bay Park a Yellow-headed Blackbird was with 2
Brewer's and about 15 Red-winged Blackbirds. There was also a Mourning Dove
and the American Black Duck.

Yesterday a Pacific Loon was in the bay with a Common Loon.

Other nice but less rare birds seen here in the last week or so include
Barrow's Goldeneye, Spotted Sandpiper, Bonaparte's Gulls, Western Gull,
Barred Owl, American Pipit, Varied Thrush & Townsend's Warbler.

This morning's waterbird totals:
Pied-billed Grebe - 15
Western Grebe - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 25
Canada Goose - 30
Wood Duck - 25
American Wigeon - 80
Gadwall - 60
Green-winged Teal - 30
Mallard - 40
American Black Duck - 1
Northern Shoveler - 25
Ring-necked Duck - 80
Greater Scaup - 3
Lesser Scaup - 10
Bufflehead - 35
Hooded Merganser - 2
Common Merganser - 1
American Coot - 1100


Good birding,
Ryan Merrill
Kirkland, WA