[Tweeters] Shilshole Black Turnstone

[Hans-Joachim Feddern via Tweeters]

Yeah, I was wondering why you did not have any at Seahurst Park which
is normally a reliable spot for Harlequins - and loons! No loons around
Alki while we were there. Another good spot is north of the Des Moines
pier. We also had a single male Harlequin off the Redondo  Beach Drive
boardwalk about a week ago.
My wife and I went looking for a scrub jay today at the South Tacoma Game
Range. I was barely out of the car and there it was! I had also hoped for a
Killdeer there but no luck! Have you seen any this year? - I keep a yearly
list a the jay was #80 .

Hans

*Hans Feddern*
Twin Lakes/Federal Way, WA
thefedderns at gmail.com


On Sun, Jan 18, 2026 at 9:07 PM Tom Benedict <benedict.t at comcast.net> wrote:


> Thanks for the location clarification. Me Kwa Mooks is also a great spot

> for sea and bay ducks and rocky shorebirds. Great to hear that the Brant

> are back. I’ve seen Brant at Constellation Park for more than 60 years! The

> north end of Seahurst Park beach is also a reliable spot for Harlequins,

> but I didn’t see any when I visited a week ago. I’ll keep my eyes peeled.

>

> Tom Benedict

> Seahurst, WA

>

>

> On Jan 18, 2026, at 20:56, Hans-Joachim Feddern <thefedderns at gmail.com>

> wrote:

>

> Hi Tom!

> I guess I was using the new name for Constellation Park. I do not like the

> way it is now restricted so that you cannot park there any more! What a

> waste of money!

> Yes, we did have a pair of Harlequins there, loosely associating with a

> female Common Merganser. Also a flock of 30+ Brant was close in. There were

> several more about a mile south, across from the park with the Indian name

> and there is a porta potty. I had my FOY pair  of Harlequins on New Years

> Day at Saltwater SP.

>

> Good Birding!

>

> Hans

>

>

> *Hans Feddern*

> Twin Lakes/Federal Way, WA

> thefedderns at gmail.com

>

>

> On Sun, Jan 18, 2026 at 8:32 PM Tom Benedict <benedict.t at comcast.net>

> wrote:

>

>>

>> > On Jan 18, 2026, at 00:28, Hans-Joachim Feddern via Tweeters <

>> tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

>> >

>> > What made it ironic, is that we had looked for Black Turnstones in West

>> Seattle a few days ago. Starting to look from Salty's Restaurant to

>> Duwamish Head and on to Alki Beach without success. Only when we got to the

>> west side at Alki Beach Park, we found half a dozen for my FOY bird!

>>

>> Did you happen to go further south around the point to Constellation

>> Park? I’m wondering if the Harlequin Ducks have arrived there yet. The kelp

>> beds there make a very reliable spot for HARD.

>>

>> Tom Benedict

>> Seahurst, WA

>>

>

>

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