Hey Yvonne, thanks for your post...I was up at Spencer Island on Saturday
morning and also saw some great stuff... I would estimate a mixed group of
1500+ swallows hanging out on the telephone lines just north of the Everett
ponds, with lots of confusing juveniles. Are these birds 'staging' for
migration, or just living there? I missed the Stilt Sandpiper (darn!) but
saw 2 Baird's Sandpipers and 1 probable Semipalmated Sandpiper (this ID is
hard for me) on the central dike trail. Also, I didn't see a Purple Finch,
but saw a female Black-headed Grosbeak... Even-Steven!!


Rick Romea "We're gonna need a bigger boat"
Seattle, WA - Jaws

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> From: ravenn at premier1.net
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Spencer Island birds
> Date: Saturday, August 16, 1997 2:06 AM
>
> Hi all,
> Yesterday I spent the morning at Spencer Island. I met up with Ian
> McGregor and together we saw approximately 55 species. Highlights
> included YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS and STILT SANDPIPER. The two
> Blackbirds were seen North of the Crossdike in the Cattails. The
> Juvenile Stilt Sandpiper was seen South of the Crossdike in the Eastern
> most mud flat. Our total list includes.
>
> Pied-billed Grebe
> Great Blue Heron
> Green Heron
> Canada Goose
> Green-winged Teal
> Mallard
> Northern Pintail
> Northern Shoveler
> Gadwall
> Ruddy Duck
> Northern Harrier
> Red-tailed Hawk
> American Coot
> Semipalmated Plover
> Killdeer
> Greater Yellowlegs
> Lesser Yellowlegs
> Spotted Sandpiper
> Western Sandpiper
> Least Sandpiper
> Stilt Sandpiper
> Dowitchers (sp)
> Common Snipe
> Boneparte Gull
> Ring-billed Gull
> Glaucous-winged Gull
> Rock Dove
> Mourning Dove
> Belted Kingfisher
> Downy Woodpecker
> Hairy Woodpecker
> Willow Flycatcher
> Tree Swallow
> Violet-Green Swallow
> Cliff Swallow
> Barn Swallow
> American Crow
> Black-capped Chickadee
> Bewick's Wren
> Marsh Wren (two chicks just out of the nest with down on their heads and

> yellow bills.)
> American Robin
> Cedar Waxwing
> European Starling
> Yellow Warbler
> Common Yellowthroat
> Spotted Towhee
> Song Sparrow
> Red-winged Blackbirds
> Yellow-headed Blackbird
> Purple Finch
> House Finch
> American Goldfinch
>
>
>
> At Spencer Ian also saw:
> Vaux's Swift
> Black Swift
> Solitary Sandpiper
> Wilson's Warbler
>
> At a quick stop on the Everett Waterfront I saw:
> Killdeer
> Osprey
> Great Blue Heron
> Mallard
> Semipalmated Plover
> Western Sandpiper
> Canada Goose
> European Starling
> Purple Martin
> Double-crested Cormorant
> Caspian Tern
> Mew Gull
> Glaucous-winged Gull
>
> Yvonne Bombardier
> Everett, Wa
> ravenn at premier1.net