[Tweeters] Shilshole Black Turnstone

[Hans-Joachim Feddern via Tweeters]

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:


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

> tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

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> > 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 liable spot for HARD.

>

> Tom Benedict

> Seahurst, WA

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