Tweets,

Cold and very foggy this morning, at times limiting visibility to less than
50 m, making bird by ear critical. But, construction of the new lagoon is
now in the phase of putting up a guardrail, and equipment noise was
considerable, making birding by ear a challenge. Still, there were birds
about, though it was work to find them.

Hardly any ducks in the wetlands which are quite full of water now. Most of
the divers were off-shore near the swim beach, including largest number of
scaups and goldeneyes this year. But, because of limited visibility, could
only pick out a couple of close-in grebes: Horned and Pied-billed.

No Barn Owls today, and a single Anna's Hummingbird. American Robin and
European Starling were present and vocal in huge numbers, many hundreds of
each. At least a dozen Lincoln's Sparrows, plus several Fox and
White-crowned, and dozens of Golden-crowned. It was interesting to watch
one of the White-crowns which had a broken leg. Of course, the leg didn't
really limit maneuverability (of flight), although when on the ground
scratching for food, it seemed to have a much lower profile, with the
broken leg dragging behind. The only other notable was a single immature
Barn Swallow, flying between shore and the swim platform.

For the day, 49 species.

Scott Ramos
Seattle