I've saved up a few postings to put all together.

First and best, my husband and I were hiking at Mt. Rainier yesterday and
saw two hawks flying overhead and stooping. They landed in nearby trees.
We couldn't locate them, but then we heard one of them calling from a
nearby tree. Got a good look at the one, perched high in a tree calling to
the other one nearby. They were northern goshawks- listed as occasional on
the Mt. Rainier bird list. The individual we saw was a mature adult from
the looks of it. Even got some camcorder footage. If anyone is interested,
we can describe the location- an easy walk of about 1/4 mile or so. They
seemed pretty rooted to that location when we were there- maybe a nest?
They were certainly doing a lot of calling anyway.

Second- located an active yellow warbler nest at Marymoor park. Probably
not too exciting to anyone, but I thought it was nice, nonetheless.
They're such pretty little birds.

Lastly, purely for amusement- on May 9th we celebrated our anniversary
with dinner at Anthony's homeport. Great table, right by the window and
waterfront. We kept wondering why there was a Canada goose seemingly
rooted to one spot in the water just in front of the boats all evening.
Then another goose flew in and landed on the awning of one of the boats- a
fishing-type, from the looks of it. Then the goose on the awning started
doing wierd things with its neck- kept extending and retracting it. Then
we looked back a few mins later and the goose had flown down to its mate
and there were three canada goose eggs on the boat awning! Needless to
say, it seemed a precarious and strange place to nest. The boat was gently
rolling back and forth, but the eggs seemed to stay put. I've wondered
what the boat owners thought of the addition to their roof, or if the even
noticed.

That's all for now.

LeAnn Copas
leann at u.washington.edu