Tip and I spent a very nice hour today at Juanita Bay Park. We only listed
fourteen species, but we had some of the best views we can remember. A male
GREEN-WINGED TEAL gave us great looks at his lovely coloring. Two mature
BALD EAGLES, presumably male and female, were very cozy until they let us
see their true magnificence in flight. A RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET kept us
watching for the longest time even when he was too close to focus in our
binoculars. We noticed the black and tan of the Pacific race of a male and
female DOWNY WOODPECKER; we're used the seeing the more striking black and
white DOWO of the eastern part of our state, but these two made for
wonderful watching because they seemed oblivious to our presence. We also
had wonderful views of a nervously twitching BEWICK'S WREN. And we always
enjoy seeing the flight of a BELTED KINGFISHER. We also saw MALLARD,
BUFFLEHEAD, PIED-BILLED GREBE, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, GREAT BLUE HERON
and a few other likely suspects.



It was a lovely break in the weather and a welcomed respite from babysitting
three grandchildren.



Dick Martin

Wenatchee Valley