Today after leaving our rental place in Tacoma Kay and I made two quick stops on the Ruston Way waterfront and before we turned in to park in the public lot beside the Lobster Shop had sighted the immature Snow Goose feeding on the lawn with a flock of Canada geese, and one stubby-billed smaller Cackling Goose. Barrow’s goldeneye, Brant’s and Pelagic Cormorants, a Pigeon Guillemot, Horned Grebe, Surf Scoters and Mew Gulls were the other species of note here and further on down near the new development and parked ship. This stop was a nice way to pass time until lunch from Infinite Soups, a great place for Vegan soups as well as many other soup options, and a glass of red wine from Corina Bakery and seeing a documentary about life in Irqn called Jafar Panahi’s Taxi at the Grand Cinema.
Tomorrow off to the Okanagan area with Ken’s birding class for a 3-day weekend foray. It will be his last class trip, as he is stepping down after leading this twice a year class for about 30 years!
Tag: Snow Goose
Pectoral and Snow Goose
Today Bruce texted me that he had 4 Pectoral Sandpipers at the 56th Street stormwater ponds, and I dashed right down. He had mentioned that the PESA was on the second pond, but when I got there no PESA, but a whitish goose was standing there with a Cackling goose. My first thought was that this was a “park goose” but it really looked like a Snow goose except for the darker body and wing feathering. I thought it was probably a juvenile Snow Goose and on further more careful evaluation I convinced myself of that ID. Check out this digiscope photo:
Then I walked back to the thrid pond where I was able to find two Pecoral Sandpipers.
Overall a great quick local stop, bringing me to 205 Pierce County species this year.