No Latin nor Narrative

I have insomnia.

Birds sightings, as of late: Common Mergansers, Western Grebes, and Hooded Mergansers (all both at the Fill, and at Greenlake.  The ones at Greenlake keep to their respective corners for the most part: I keep finding the same species in the same locations.)  Saw big white birds hanging out with the Cormorants out on a log boom on Lake Washington, just a few, earlier this week (Wednesday, I believe.)  I walked over to the bird-sighting board and saw that someone else had listed seeing five Trumpeter Swans.  I haven't seen them here before (usually I come across them in the Skagit Valley and on Whidbey Island during the winter.) I'm not sure how many I saw, more than one, less than ten.  They were a ways off of shore, but they stood out.  They were unexpected.

Big flocks of American Wigeons (on both lakes), and a lone N. Shoveler on the canal.  Also, the usual large flocks of American coots (both lakes), some Mallards and Buffleheads (both in smaller flocks.)  Haven't seen any teals (Green-winged and Cinnamon are usually around here in the winter) nor Gadwalls up close, bus suspect they are present in the flocks of Wigeons off shore.

Always hold out hope for another pheasant sighting in town, but I suspect those are long gone now.  (I did come across a couple in the mid-2000's in the Fill, two males in a leap-like flight over the path, at dusk:  A magical moment, a lucky encounter.)