Hi everyone,
today I got to spend a few hours walking Discovery Park with my mom and
brother. we had beautiful weather and some great birds. While we failed to
find the marmot,we did see about 50 sanderlings along the beach directly
north of the lighthouse. the bluebirds (we saw two) were flycatching from
the driftwood N. of the lighthouse and the Say's Pheobe was right next to
them.
on the beach north of there, there were 59 brant hanging out on land
(tide was out). At least 3, most likely four of the birds were banded. I
could only read one of the bands, which were of a type I had never seen
before. it was on the left foot and was black with large white letters that
read 6KN. on the right foot was an aluminum band that i could'nt read. for
the other brant the aluminum bands were on the left and the long black ones
were on the right. if anyone knows anything about this project that bands
originate from I would love to hear about it.
also there was an orange crowned warbler singing on the north bluff, and a
rufous hummer in the utah ave. wetland.

Brendan Higgins
Seattle, WA
frogdude at gmail.com