Meet at the store at 8:15AM and the group will depart at 8:20AM
We return around Noon.
Please call 206-241-3201 and reserve a spot.
There were five people on the last bird walk and two hours were spent at the Normandy Park Cove. The remainder of the morning was spent at Nature Trails Park.
At The Cove ,the Puget Sound was flat and gray under the clouds, with many large rafts of Scoters and Common Goldeneyes visible. Also noticed were Harlequin Ducks, mergansers, grebes and other aquatic species. But, there was plenty of timed to compare the less common, dark and longer bodied White-winged Scoter with the more common, short-bodied and more colorful Surf Scoter.
The Cove duck (and beaver) pond offered the usual Mallards plus a handsome Northern Pintail, a male American Wigeon and a female Bufflehead - all tame until there was no more food to share. Two Great Blue Herons then had a brief skirmish over a preferred pondside perch. The gardens by the Community Club attracted feeding flocks that contained Bewick's Wrens, Anna's Hummingbirds, Golden and Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Spotted Towhee, Chestnut-backed and Black-capped Chickadees.
There was a light rain at Nature Trails Park but it was still enjoyable to find seven bird species and an excellent example of Witch's Butter! If it's unfamiliar to you, you may want to look it up.
