After a half dozen failed attempts, I finally saw the Bluebirds at
Theler Wetlands today. There were two of them sitting on a barbed wire
fence and I managed to get one shot with one bird in the air and the
other poised for flight. Also, for about the fourth week in a row there
were 6 Red Crossbills in the small trees.

Every time I visit Theler I look for the Domestic Graylag x Canada Goose
hybrid. About two weeks ago he found a mate.

Returning home through Port Orchard I stopped at the east end of town to
look at the large number of Wigeons that always congregate there. They
were right up at the shore. There were also three male Eurasian Wigeons
in the flock.

At one point something frightened them and the entire flock took to the
air. I zoomed my lens back to 70 mm and took some shots of the birds in
flight. I counted 235 in one shot, and I'm sure I didn't have half of
them, so I'm guessing there must have been about 400 - 500 wigeons.

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John Riegsecker, Gig Harbor, WA
jriegsecker at pobox dot com