Dear Jim and tweets, Reporting from the Montlake Fill/Foster Island/UW
sub-circle, we did find a couple of unusual things:

No Canada Geese. At all. And as Richard Nixon always used to say,
"You'll miss me when I'm gone."

The American Crow roost that has been at Foster Island for umpteeump
years seems to be no more. Two years ago we counted 10,000 crows; last
year, 4,000; this year 500+.

No House Sparrows whatsoever. From my perspective in this little
corner of the state, they seem to be in trouble.

Two Varied Thrushes at Conibear - *very* unusual for the Fill,
although Evan Houston did find two in Surber last month.

No Northern Pintails in any of the Seattle Audubon counts. We used to
get a small flock every winter at the Fill, but not in recent years.

Common Goldeneyes seemed, well, common. Moreso than usual, I thought.

By the way, six Trumpeter Swans appeared in Union Bay on Jan. 1. I
believe they are the three swans who grew up here in the winter of
2008/09, returned as a threesome in 2009/10, and now have brought
their spouses home to the place where they grew up. The six spend a
lot of their time paired up. In my scope, they look like giant,
feathered icebergs compared to the myriad ducks and coots that
surround them. - Connie, Seattle

constancesidles at gmail.com
www.constancypress.com


On Jan 2, 2011, at 9:39 PM, Jim Flynn wrote:

> Hello out there Seattle area Tweets -
>
> Just curious if anyone saw, or heard of others seeing, anything
> unusual? *Something* unusual must have been spotted with over 200
> eyeballs in the field...
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Jim Flynn
> Seattle, WA
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