On my way home from Portland this afternoon I took time out for a walk
in the fields on the Dike Access Road near Woodland. There were
hundreds of Cackling Geese, lots of Mew Gulls, one Osprey in a tree
near the Columbia (my first of year), and a gathering of 30 Wood
Ducks, mostly drakes but with a few hens. I know this is not a
noteworthy number but it is probably the largest flock I have seen, so
it was personally noteworthy and a delight to my eyes. At milepost 27
on I-5 I noted two Turkey Vultures, my first of year for Western
Washington.

Carol Riddell
Edmonds