A personal matter sharply restricted my birding for the last three
weeks. I finally managed to wander around Edmonds this afternoon
(11-14-10). Hopefully, the resident birds I mention will not offend
anyone since the Western Scrub Jay is not among them. (Two were in
Edmonds in September but none of us reported them.) In addition to
the birds listed below, Ted Peterson let me know about some good
public pier sightings this week: two BROWN PELICANS (11-10-10);
thirty ANCIENT MURRELETS (11-12-10); one SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATER
(11-12-10). Such great birds pulled me towards the water even though
I knew I wasn't going to see them.

Waterfront (Public Pier and Sunset Avenue)

Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter (1)
Black Scoter (2)
Bufflehead
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Merlin (1 from Sunset)
Heermann's Gull (175 on the breakwater)
Mew Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Common Murre (4)
Pigeon Guillemot
Rhinoceros Auklet (15-20)
Rock Pigeon
Belted Kingfisher (1)
American Crow
Starling

Marsh

Mallard
Green-winged Teal
Great Blue Heron
Killdeer

Hatchery/Point Edwards

American Wigeon
Mallard
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser (3 m.; 4 f.)
American Coot (2)
Northern Flicker
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1)
American Robin (abundant)
Spotted Towhee (1)
Song Sparrow (1)
Lincoln's Sparrow (2)
Red-winged Blackbird

Carol Riddell
Edmonds