This morning Kay and I took a drive out to Ohop Lake to see if we could locate the Tundra Swan Marcus and Bruce had yesterday, but no luck. Still, after working M-W this week it was nice to get out even for a brief bit of birding. There were lots of Hooded and Common Mergansers, Bufflehead, Ring-necked Ducks and a Coot on the lake, and a few species here and there, but the lake was just about to freeze over. Maybe tomorrow I will get out around the Puget Sound a bit and see what’s there. Interestingly when I looked at my Pierce County eBird list for 2016 I have 196 species and 196 complete checklists before going out today. Now one more checklist than species I guess.