Jerry noted:

>
> At Johnson Marsh, east Fort Lewis, it was a pleasure to see the highly
> successful Purple Martin houses set out in the water. Many birds. And at the
> same place, I was stunned to see many Cedar Waxwings flycatching. I've seen them
> do it on occasion, but yesterday they were all over the marsh, demonstrating
> remarkable skill and persistence - not to mention beautiful flashes of color.
>
>
Last saturday I noted the same behavior at the Mclane Creek Ponds in
Capitol Forest, just off Delphi road sw of Olympia. I was initially
confused by the very swallow like flight, followed by tree top
flycatching. The binoculars revealed a a group of cedar waxwings. When
I consulted the guidebooks, thye mentioned this behavior but I had never
seen it before. Also at this sight on July 13 AM;singing Swainson's
Thrushes, willow flycatchers, and a juvenile grosbeak of some sort loudly
begging for food. I never saw the adult, but the impression was that of
a blackheaded grosbeak.
-Jim Neitzel.