Hello,



This morning I took a drive around Alki. There was a good size flock of Surfbirds and Black Turnstones a ways west of the boat launch: about 50 birds, with about 75% being Surfbirds. Quite tame at high tide, dodging waves from passing ships. Around the point past the lighthouse there was nothing on the water, but down near the apartments that jut over the water, there were about 6 Harlequin Ducks on the rocks, and, on the furthest rock, a single juvenile Black-bellied Plover.



Belatedly, last Wednesday, the 7th, I stopped by Titlow to try to find the owl that was reported earlier. Didn't find that, but the wintering wigeon flock is growing, and included a single Eurasian, presumably the same individual that has wintered there the last 2 or 3 years. Also a couple of pretty male Hooded Mergansers, and, a first for me at Titlow, a single female Northern Pintail.



Gary Sogard

University Place