Hi Tweets,

It seems to be a beautiful morning (7-30-11) around the Sound and that
spilled over into Edmonds. That made a bird walk pleasant if not
thrilling. The most interesting bird was a SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER among
the KILLDEER, LEAST and WESTERN SANDPIPERS at the Marsh. One GREAT
BLUE HERON was in the Marsh. There were over 100 HEERMANN'S GULLS on
the south breakwater of the Edmonds Marina. An OSPREY was eating a
fish on top of the pilings between the public pier and the ferry dock.
A few CASPIAN TERNS were flying and a couple of RHINOCEROS AUKLETS
could be seen.

Around the Willow Creek Hatchery and Point Edwards there were the
usual resident birds and lots of youngsters perfecting their aerial
maneuvers ( Northern Flickers, Anna's Hummingbirds, Robins, Barn
Swallows, Violet-green Swallows, Spotted Towhees, Song Sparrows, House
Finches, and American Goldfinches).

The new moon brings spring tides. There is a -2.1 around 11:10 a.m.
today and tomorrow will bring another -2.0 tide around noon. That
means tomorrow morning there should be good mud exposure in the Marsh
and opportunities to walk north from the ferry dock to the Shell Creek
outlet.

Carol Riddell
Edmonds