Common Eiders put on a nice show this morning.  Two first winter males were 
near the mouth of the inlet around 8:00.  I later found a flock of 9 females 
well down the inlet.  Another birder spotted a Harlequin right out in the 
middle of the inlet, but I was a little to slow getting out of the car, and 
just missed it.  I think it may have been a male.  I later found a female 
along to south jetty.  Also showing were an immature male White-winged, and 
a female Black Scoter.   A lone Red-throated Loon was present outside the 
mouth of the jetty.

And an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull graced the parking lot, allowing lots 
of photos.

Kurt Schwarz
HowCo
goawaybird at verizon dot net.