Tweets,

The weather was not so bad for our December 27th count, though some
potential counters were still snowbound. Our 141 observers and 7 feeder
watchers tallied a slightly over average number of species, 122, plus three
additional count week birds (Northern Harrier, Common Raven, and Mountain
Chickadee). Highlights were 12 Snow Geese and 86 Trumpeter Swans, most
likely driven south from the Skagit by the snow, plus two male Red-naped
Sapsuckers in Mount Baker Park. Notably absent: Black Scoter. A bit more
analysis is to be published in the Seattle Audubon newsletter next month.
Special thanks to the skipper of our boat, Wayne Palsson.

Gene Hunn

18476 47th Pl NE

Lake Forest Park, WA

enhunn323 at comcast.net



Seattle CBC 2008 summary:

Greater White-fronted Goose 4; Snow Goose 12; Brant 16; Cackling Goose 4;
Canada Goose 910; Trumpeter Swan 86; Wood Duck 5; Gadwall 719; Eurasian
Wigeon 9; American Wigeon 2504; Eurasian x American Wigeon 2; Mallard 1173;
Cinnamon Teal 3; Northern Shoveler 46; Northern Pintail 32; Green-winged
Teal 110; Canvasback 261; Ring-necked Duck 637; Greater Scaup 201; Lesser
Scaup 355; scaup sp. 108; Harlequin Duck 60; Surf Scoter 469; White-winged
Scoter 5; scoter sp. 6; Bufflehead 783; Common Goldeneye 393; Barrow's
Goldeneye 231; goldeneye sp. 2; Hooded Merganser 112; Common Merganser 294;
Red-breasted Merganser 199; Ruddy Duck 13; Ring-necked Pheasant 1;
Red-throated Loon 22; Pacific Loon 9; Common Loon 7; loon sp. 4; Pied-billed
Grebe 141; Horned Grebe 201; Red-necked Grebe 104; Eared Grebe 4; Western
Grebe 477; Brandt's Cormorant 287; Double-crested Cormorant 513; Pelagic
Cormorant 15; cormorant sp. 13; Great Blue Heron 38; Bald Eagle 54; Bald
Eagle adult [43]; Bald Eagle immature [10]; Bald Eagle unspecified [1];
Northern Harrier cw; Sharp-shinned Hawk 19; Cooper's Hawk 22; Accipiter sp.
2; Red-tailed Hawk 27; Merlin 13; Peregrine Falcon 7; Virginia Rail 1;
American Coot 1574; Killdeer 133; Spotted Sandpiper 7; Black Turnstone 127;
Surfbird 70; Sanderling 5; sandpiper sp. 1; Rock Sandpiper 1; Dunlin 21;
Wilson's Snipe 29; Bonaparte's Gull 1; Mew Gull 1360; Ring-billed Gull 173;
Western Gull 5; Western x Glaucous-winged Gull 260; California Gull 28;
Herring Gull 4; Thayer's Gull 2; Glaucous-winged Gull 1401; gull sp. 289;
Common Murre 23; Pigeon Guillemot 19; Rhinoceros Auklet 21; alcid sp. 2;
Rock Pigeon 2396; Band-tailed Pigeon 15; Barn Owl 1; Western Screech-Owl 2;
Barred Owl 3; Anna's Hummingbird 107; Belted Kingfisher 20; Red-naped
Sapsucker 2; Red-breasted Sapsucker 26; Downy Woodpecker 37; Hairy
Woodpecker 2; Northern Flicker 220; Northern (Red-shafted) [218]; Northern
(Yellow-shafted) [2]; Pileated Woodpecker 5; Northern Shrike 1; Hutton's
Vireo 5; Steller's Jay 130; Western Scrub-Jay 3; American Crow 13799; Common
Raven cw; Black-capped Chickadee 1440; Mountain Chickadee cw;
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 159; Bushtit 1132; Red-breasted Nuthatch 52; Brown
Creeper 40; Bewick's Wren 264; House Wren 1; Winter Wren 107; Marsh Wren 3;
Golden-crowned Kinglet 628; Ruby-crowned Kinglet 360; Hermit Thrush 7;
American Robin 3194; Varied Thrush 94; European Starling 2976; American
Pipit 44; Cedar Waxwing 76; Orange-crowned Warbler 1; Yellow-rumped Warbler
148; Yellow-rumped (Audubon's) [98]; Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) [6];
Yellow-rumped unspecified [44]; Townsend's Warbler 34; Spotted Towhee 174;
Fox Sparrow 119; Song Sparrow 534; Lincoln's Sparrow 9; White-crowned
Sparrow 17; Golden-crowned Sparrow 148; Dark-eyed Junco 692; Dark-eyed
(Slate-colored) Junco [9]; Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco [683]; Red-winged
Blackbird 100; Western Meadowlark 2; Brown-headed Cowbird 1; Purple Finch 9;
House Finch 662; Carpodacus sp. 3; Pine Siskin 917; American Goldfinch 403;
House Sparrow 368; Number of Individuals 48992; Number of Species 122; count
week 3; ; miles on foot 116.5; miles by car 307.7; miles by boat 34; total
miles 458.2; hours on foot 153.02; hours by car 41.5; hours by boat 6; total
hours 200.52; miles owling 3.2; hours owling 5.3; observers 141; feeder
watchers 7; parties 34; paid $697.50.

Compiler: Eugene Hunn.