Fellow Tweets, we enjoyed the beautiful weather today by birding two very
nice areas:
First, we owe a big thank-you to Paul Moorehead for posting the accurate,
precise directions to the Mt. Vernon-area Trumpeter Swan site (at Francis
Road crossing Nookchamp River). Those swans were still within two
millimeters of where Paul described them to be. Only today, we counted
26 swans! At the same site we saw an adult Bald Eagle and a Red-tailed
Hawk perching in the same large tree. Can anyone explain the illusion
that caused the dark birds (eagle and red-tails) to appear half-size
while the white birds (swans and gulls) appeared normal-sized?

Since we were fogged out at Spencer Island, Everett, this morning, we
returned this afternoon to search for the Yellow-throated Vireo.
Although we dipped on that bird, we really enjoyed seeing the Saw-whet
Owl that some other kind people pointed out to us. In addition, we saw
Ruby-crowned Kinglets and other forest species as well as several species
of shorebirds and an accipiter that we could not identify to species.
And we still enjoy the regulars at Spencer Island: a small woodpecker
(either Downy or Hairy), Great Blue Herons, and ducks.

Our thanks again to fellow tweeters and birders who helped us have a
great day of birding.

--Anna & Steven Coles, Seattle, WA (Lake Forest Park)
47.77 N, 122.3 W acoles at serv.net scoles at serv.net