Tweets,



Herewith our WOS Seattle Big Day December 12 field trip report. We hoped to
come close to the Washington State December Big Day record of 102 set by a
Bainbridge Island team. However, we fell short by 14 species. Not even
close. Our excuses include the previous week's deep freeze which froze all
the smaller fresh water bodies and the nasty Christmas season weekend
shopping traffic that delayed our cross-town connections from Discovery Park
to Magnuson Park. The deep freeze seems to have reduce many local land bird
populations. We barely escaped misses of such species as House Finch, House
Sparrow, Pine Siskin, American Goldfinch, White-crowned Sparrow, and
Steller's Jay. Still, the weather with crisp, cold, and clear with a fine
sunrise at Discovery Park and sunset from Alki. The cold apparently drove
some Deer Mice out of hiding as we saw two scuttling along the trails and
caught one for a close-study.



Intrepid team members (for all or part of the day) include Gene Hunn, Brien
Meilleur, Sharon Cormier-Aagaard, Jeff Cohen, Scott Ramos, Ginger Rebstock,
Mason Flint, John Faley, Michiko McAndrew, Dave Hutchinson, Randy Bjorklund,
and an owler whose name I failed to note. For those interested, our list
follows. Numbers are approximate and conservative.



Gene.

Lake Forest Park, WA

enhunn323 at comcast.net



Brant 1

Canada Goose 20

Trumpeter Swan 3

Gadwall 100+

American Wigeon 500+

Mallard 25

Northern Shoveler 3+

Green-winged Teal 10

Canvasback 6

Ring-necked Duck 200

Greater Scaup 150

Lesser Scaup 20

Harlequin Duck 2

Surf Scoter 50

White-winged Scoter 1

Bufflehead 20

Common Goldeneye 20

Barrow's Goldeneye 10

Hooded Merganser 10

Common Merganser 20

Red-breasted Merganser 20

Ruddy Duck 1

Red-throated Loon 5

Pacific Loon 1

Common Loon 1

Pied-billed Grebe 2+

Horned Grebe 20

Red-necked Grebe 5

Western Grebe 50

Brandt's Cormorant 20

Double-crested Cormorant 30

Great Blue Heron 3

Bald Eagle 8

Sharp-shinned Hawk 3

Cooper's Hawk 1

Red-tailed Hawk 4

American Coot 10

Killdeer 10

Black Turnstone 8

Sanderling 150

Dunlin 10

Wilson's Snipe 1

Mew Gull 300

Ring-billed Gull 10

California Gull 20

Herring Gull 1

Glaucous-winged Gull 25

Glaucous-winged x Western Gull 1+

Common Murre 1

Pigeon Guillemot 4

Rhinoceros Auklet 4

Rock Pigeon 200

Band-tailed Pigeon 2

Western Screech-Owl 3

Anna's Hummingbird 1

Belted Kingfisher 2

Red-breasted Sapsucker 8

Downy Woodpecker 4

Northern Flicker 5+

Steller's Jay 2

American Crow 100+

Black-capped Chickadee 25

Chestnut-backed Chickadee 10

Bushtit 5

Red-breasted Nuthatch 25

Brown Creeper 2

Bewick's Wren 3

Winter Wren 10

Marsh Wren 2

Golden-crowned Kinglet 15

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 10

American Robin 200

Varied Thrush 5

European Starling 10+

Cedar Waxwing 10+

Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler 5

Yellow-rumped (Audubon's) Warbler 5

Townsend's Warbler 1

Spotted Towhee 10

Fox Sparrow 5

Song Sparrow 20

Lincoln's Sparrow 2

White-crowned Sparrow 3

Golden-crowned Sparrow 20

Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco 25

Red-winged Blackbird 20

House Finch 5

Pine Siskin 10

American Goldfinch 10

House Sparrow 2



Eastern Gray Squirrel 5

Deer Mouse 2

Raccoon 2

Harbor Seal 1

Steller's Sealion 1