yes, in the summer I find Harlequin Duck on the headwaters of the American
River just over Chinook Pass.

Chris Kessler
Seattle

On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 1:11 PM Stephen Elston <stephen.elston at gmail.com>
wrote:


> In my understanding, Harlequin Duck breed along fast moving

> mountain streams. In the spring these birds migrate from saltwater

> wintering sites to high altitude breeding sites. I suppose this bird was

> taking a break during this migration.

>

> You can see the breeding range map

> <http://www.birdweb.org/birdweb/bird/harlequin_duck#> for our state on

> BirdWeb.

>

> On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 11:57 AM <itomas at onebox.com> wrote:

>

>> Question...Yesterday, a duck awkwardly landed on a wire right in front of

>> my deck which is across the street from the Rutherford Slough in Fall City.

>> The duck was kind enough to sit there long enough for me to go inside for

>> binoculars, books and laptop computer and, according to all the pictures I

>> could find, it was a Harlequin Duck. Is that really possible? I thought

>> they were not in this area...and yes, there are Buffleheads in the water

>> but this was not one of them.

>>

>> Thanks,

>>

>> Tomas Walsh

>>

>> Fall City, WA

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