I know that May is a good time to find Harlequin Ducks in places like the Tieton River below Rimrock Lake, the mouth of the Elwha River, and (a memory from the distant past) the North Fork Skokomish River above Lake Cushman. I think you could find both males and females in these areas during early June. The males will leave breeding areas sometime around late June or July to go back to marine waters for their annual molt.

Kelly McAllister
Olympia, Washington
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From: Lee Rentz
To: tweeters
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 8:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Harlequin duck?


I was photographing female Harlequin Ducks today along the Dosewallips River at the abandoned Elkhorn Campground. There were two, and they allowed me to photograph from within 15' away; I got some nice action shots of them in the aqua-colored rapids (glacial flour). I also saw a female with two fuzzy young from a viewpoint along the Dosewallips Road. The males have already left the river. There was also a female Common Merganser flying up the river and a Dipper foraging at water's edge.


Lee Rentz
Shelton, WA
http://leerentz.wordpress.com




On Jun 3, 2009, at 12:21 PM, Janet Ray wrote:


Does anyone know of a reliable place to find a Harlequin at this time of year?

Jan



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Preston, WA

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