Date: 1/18/26 9:06 pm From: Hans-Joachim Feddern via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Shilshole Black Turnstone
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...>
On Sun, Jan 18, 2026 at 8:32 PM Tom Benedict <benedict.t...> wrote:
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> > On Jan 18, 2026, at 00:28, Hans-Joachim Feddern via Tweeters <
> <tweeters...> 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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