[EBB Sightings] The few, the proud, the drenched

Hi all:

I believe 14 of us braved the elements yesterday to
see how birds survive in the most difficult of
conditions. And continue to fly and dive and forage;
because that's just what they do.  Amazing creatures. 


I don't actually know who was on the trip, as everyone
was so completely swaddled in gear as to make them
unrecognizable. BUT, everyone in class gets an A++ for
the weekend.  Those who came on the trip for their
tenacity. Those who stayed home, for their exceptional
common sense.

Trip list (and every one a beauty):

Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
American Coot
Killdeer
Rock Pigeon
Western Scrub-Jay
Bushtit
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow

There was an Osprey reported before I got there
(Brooke).  And I may have missed something...
The ducks were fabulous, the company was the same....
First time I've ever walked into a Starbuck's and
didn't even think twice about ordering a Mocha....

Bob