Kah Tai Lagoon is an estuarine lagoon and freshwater wetland in the middle of the town of Port Townsend, WA. After an errand that took us into town on February 4, we went for a walk in the park to see what we could see.
There were definitely signs of spring in the foliage and in the paired-off behavior of the ducks.
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I may not have noticed the Willow flowers above if it had not been for the Black-capped chickadees flitting around and chowing down on the catkins. They drew my attention to the pretty flowers.
Black-capped Chickadee on Willow flowers
We were focused on the pond and the ducks (many of them sleeping) out on the water. Here are a few of the more lively ones.
American Coot
American Wigeon pair
Northern Shoveler pair
Ruddy Duck
Here is a complete list of the birds we saw and could ID at the Lagoon:
1 Eurasian Wigeon - Anas penelope
2 American Wigeon - Anas americana
3 Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos (many of these were sleeping)
4 Northern Shoveler - Anas clypeata
5 Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis (mostly sleeping)
6 Bufflehead - Bucephala albeola
7 Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis
8 American Coot - Fulica americana
9 Glaucous-winged Gull - Larus glaucescens
10 Northwestern Crow - Corvus caurinus
11 Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus
12 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula
What are you seeing in your vicinity?
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