My wife and I decided to go to lunch at Poulsbo yesterday afternoon,
with the wonderful weather. In spite of a heavy presence of state
police in unmarked cars and motorcycles and a Kitsap County dump truck
pinging loose gravel of my windshield, it was a slightly less
stressful drive than the previous days marathon to Mansfield!
Walking along the waterfront, by the main parking lot at the marina,
my non-birder wife pointed out some BLACK TURNSTONES on the rocks
below. I counted at least 10. They stayed there most of the afternoon.
We also had some nice close up views of four WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS
coming in for a landing. Other birds seen were HORNED GREBE, BARROWS
GOLDENEYE. BUFFLEHEAD, SURF SCOTER, AMERICAN WIGEON, LESSER SCAUP,
MALLARD, GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL. MEW GULL, a single DUNLIN.
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, BELTED KINGFISHER, SONG SPARROW and of
course AMERICAN CROWS, ROCK PIGEONS and EUROPEAN STARLINGS. Had a Song
Sparrow and a Turnstone sharing the same rock, but they moved before I
could take a picture.

Hans Feddern
Twin Lakes - Federal Way, Wa.