Subject: [Tweeters] Harlequin Ducks at Constellation Park
Date: Wed Nov 11 18:34:09 PST 2020
From: Tom Benedict - benedict.t at comcast.net


> On Nov 11, 2020, at 18:07, Mary Saylor <birder at pottersaylor.com> wrote:

>

> Hi Tweeters. And thanks Nadine for telling my husband and I about the orcas. We went to Alki, didn't see them, then went to Constellation Park to see the Harlequin Ducks (saw seven gorgeous ones close to shore).


I've enjoyed HADU at Constellation Park for many years. They are quite reliable there. The kelp beds just offshore must be ideal for them. My son saw a female HADU with a couple of young frolicking in a stream along the Wonderland Trail on Mt Rainier in August 2018. Not much kelp there.

Tom Benedict
Burien, WA