Hi Tweets,

After reading recent reports from the Fill, I decided to go back there again this morning. There were large rafts of waterfowl, most well out on the lake, and a scope proved very useful in allowing me to sort them out. Highlights among a surprising 56 species were:

Tundra Swan - I believe only one Tundra with 15 Trumpeters, and I noted that it was slightly smaller overall, thinner necked, and had a different bill shape with a very limited bit of yellow at the base of the bill
Red-necked Grebe - 2 way out on the lake, and a Horned Grebe closer in
Hundreds of wigeons rafting - in these large rafts were a pair of Redhead, 7 Canvasback, at least 1 Eurasian Wigeon male, and a few Ruddy Ducks

Landbird activity was not nearly as striking, but there were a couple of Fox Sparrows and Winter Wrens over by Surber, a Western Meadowlark, a White-crowned Sparrow at the CUH parking lot, and a few Lincoln's Sparrow scattered among all of the Song Sparrows.

Good birding,
Evan Houston
Seattle, WA