Hi Tweets,

As I drove down into the Edmonds bowl this morning, an hour earlier
by the clock than usual, but actually the same time that the birds
were on yesterday, I noticed a PEREGRINE FALCON perched in one of the
higher Douglas Firs at the Willow Creek Hatchery. So that was raptor
number 5 for the weekend. With some blue sky, flat water, and sun at
our backs, we had good lighting on the birds that were around. There
were fewer species noted today than yesterday but some larger
numbers. The Marsh continues to be without tidal flow and the tide
gate seems to have been closed so there is really no water available
for ducks. Edmonds can't or won't get it right. When the migrating
shorebirds need mud, The Official and Anonymous Tide Gatekeeper
floods the Marsh. When the wintering ducks need the water, TOATG
sucks it dry. On another sour note, we have lost three of the new
plastic gourds for the Purple Martins. Not sure whether Friday
night's windstorm or the persistent perching of the cormorants is
responsible for the loss. We had them lashed sturdily to the rebar
so it is frustrating to have lost three out of the eight we put up
last February.

Public Pier

Common Loon
Red-throated Loon
Great Blue Heron
Bufflehead
Mallard
Red-breasted Merganser
Surf Scoter
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Western Grebe (several hundred far out)
Glaucous-winged Gull
California Gull
Heermann's Gull
Mew Gull
Bonaparte's Gull (several hundred far out)
Pigeon Guillemot
Common Murre
Rhinoceros Auklet (approx. 50)
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Rock Pigeon
House Sparrow

Hatchery/P.E. Public Path

Peregrine Falcon
Northern Flicker
Black-capped Chickadee
House Finch (a flock of 100+)
Bufflehead
Gadwall
Green-winged Teal
Song Sparrow
Bushtit
Spotted Towhee
Yellow-rumped Warbler
American Goldfinch
Steller's Jay

Marsh

Great Blue Heron
Killdeer

Carol Riddell
Edmonds