Date: 1/18/26 9:54 pm From: Hans-Joachim Feddern via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Shilshole Black Turnstone
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...>
On Sun, Jan 18, 2026 at 9:07 PM Tom Benedict <benedict.t...> 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...>
> 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...>
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 18, 2026 at 8:32 PM Tom Benedict <benedict.t...>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> > On Jan 18, 2026, at 00:28, Hans-Joachim Feddern via Tweeters <
>> <tweeters...> 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
>>
>
>
