Tweets,
Saturday 5pm two HEERMAN'S GULLS were present among an assortment of gulls
at the KGY radio station (north of East Bay Marina and next to the new
Anthony's Restaurant II). One adult and one 2nd winter bird. Also a possible
THAYER'S GULL, but I'm lousy with gulls. This bird could hardly have looked
more like Sibley's illustration of a non-breeding adult. Capitol Lake held a
good variety of ducks and more PBGrebes than I ever remember. The real
spectacle was the blazing orange and yellow of turning maple leaves in the
setting sunlight mirrored on the shadowed lake surface. Too bad I didn't
have a camera! Good birding!
--Paul Hicks / Tenino, s. Thurston Co / phicks AT accessgrace.org