I visited Vancouver Lake Park Wednesday from 8am to 9:30am. The 9 Bonapartes? were located right at water?s edge. One bird looked different from the rest, with a large black smudge on its face. Checking several hundred images on the internet, I was unable to find another with this smudge.

It is posted at http://www.pbase.com/alndonna/image/160392598.

If you keep hitting the NEXT button on the right side of the page, you?ll walk thru my newest 10 life-birds, including these 4 western USA raritites, Mississippi Kite, Flame Colored Tanager Tundra Bean Goose and the Brambling.

Continue hitting NEXT to walk thru all my life-birds. Or go to http://www.pbase.com/alndonna/370_western_us_birds to see the thumbnails.

Al in Tacoma
alndonna at wamail.net