Subject: [Tweeters] Olympia Clark's Grebe & LT Duck
Date: Nov 1 21:34:19 2009
From: Zuckerbond - Zuckerbond at comcast.net


Today my mother and I went down to Tacoma to find the Black-tailed Gull, and
Olympia to find the Clark's Grebe. At Marine View Drive in Tacoma around 1pm
nobody had found the gull yet, so we were unsuccessful for round two, but we
had good looks at Ruddy Turnstones, Barrow's Goldeneye, and other species of
gulls.

In Olympia, at the south end of Capitol Lake, there was a highly diverse
collection of water birds including the Clark's Grebe. The Grebe was very
easy to see, and it was very easy to tell it was not a Western. We enjoyed
seeing large flocks of Bufflehead, Widgeon, Scaup, and Ring-necked Ducks. We
also saw 2 Mute Swans, and some Common Mergansers, Pied-billed Grebes,
Gadwall, Canada Geese, and Cormorants. At one point, a flock of 50 -75
mid-sized shorebirds (Dunlin?) flew north down the middle of the lake.

Finally, we stopped at the Bayview Market off the N end of Simmons St. and
walked a short ways out the boardwalk along West Bay. Here we saw a group of
about 15 Black Scoters accompanied by a single Long-tailed Duck.



Ira Zuckerman & Mary Bond, Seattle