Subject: [Tweeters] Waterfowl in tree in Redmond
Date: Jan 1 20:42:26 2010
From: Kelly McAllister - mcallisters4 at comcast.net


Double-crested Cormorants perhaps? They roost in trees.

Kelly McAllister
Olympia, Washington

----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Smith" <neil.s.d.smith at gmail.com>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 8:27 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] Waterfowl in tree in Redmond


> On the east side of 154th Ave NE just south of Redmond Way
> (immediately adjacent to the Sammamish Slough) I have noticed a tree
> with what look like waterfowl -- ducks perhaps? -- sitting in the
> branches of the tree -- as many as 20 or 30 at a time.
>
> This seems odd - I am not aware of waterfowl nesting in trees (besides
> the wood duck).
>
> I wonder what bird it might be. I have only seen the birds in
> silhouette and they look like ducks of some sort.
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