Subject: [Tweeters] Edmonds: Northern Harrier, et al.
Date: Dec 19 13:36:58 2010
From: Carol Riddell - cariddell at earthlink.net


Hi Tweets,

What a beautiful day today after yesterday's rough weather for the
North Snohomish County CBC. I had to take advantage of this
morning's sun to bird down in the Edmonds Bowl (12-19-20) and get a
little free vitamin D. The best bird I found was a female Northern
Harrier cruising just south of Willow Creek and see from one of the
Marsh viewing platforms. We just don't see them at this location
except from time to time. A small flock of Sanderlings was flying
and working the beach between the public pier and the ferry dock.
Two Yellow-rumped Warblers brightened up the Point Edwards path.
Bird numbers seemed low and this morning was unusual for the absence
of Great Blue Herons, Mallards, and Northern Flickers.

Waterfront

Surf Scoter
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Western Grebe
Brandt's Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Sanderling (14)
Mew Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Common Murre
Pigeon Guillemot
Rhinoceros Auklet
Rock Pigeon
Crow

Edmonds Marsh

Northern Harrier (1 f.)
Killdeer
Anna's Hummingbird (1)
Crow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Song Sparrow
Oregon Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch

Hatchery/Point Edwards

Gadwall
American Wigeon
Green-winged Teal
Bufflehead
Bald Eagle (1 juv.)
Cooper's Hawk (1)
Anna's Hummingbird (1)
Steller's Jay
Marsh Wren (1)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Robin
Yellow-rumped Warbler (2)
Spotted Towhee (2)
Song Sparrow
House Finch

Good birding,

Carol Riddell
Edmonds