Hi Tweets,

Barbara and I joined Joyce Meyer and Mike West last Monday, December 6, for
a trip into the Snoqualmie Valley. We began our day in King County, working
our way south from the vicinity of Novelty Hill Rd and NE 124th St to cover
the Carnation area, then north past Duvall as far as the Tualco Rd area in
Snohomish County. The weather was generally overcast with light rain at
points, and temps varied between the upper 30s and the mid 40s.

We found good numbers of waterfowl, including 8 TRUMPETER SWANS, and a lone
SNOW GOOSE. We also found a good suite of raptors: a few BALD EAGLES, two
accipiters (SHARP-SHINNED and COOPER'S), a single showy ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, a
dozen or more RED-TAILS, an AMERICAN KESTREL, and a MERLIN.

Our total for the day was 52 species:

Snow Goose -- 1
Cackling Goose -- 100+
Canada Goose -- 100+
Trumpeter Swan -- 8
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup -- 1
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
American Coot
Mew Gull -- 100+
Glaucous-winged Gull
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove -- 25
Mourning Dove -- 4
Anna's Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Steller's Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
House Finch
House Sparrow

Good birding!

Paul Webster
Seattle
paul.webster AT comcast.net
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