Hello Tweeters,

Over the weekend (11/30) a White-throated Sparrow visited the feeders in
my back yard near Olympia. This was the 76th bird for my yard list, which
tied the number that I had from my yard in West Seattle. I lived in West
Seattle, near the junction of Alaska and California, for 5 years and 8
months (July 92 to Feb 98). I have lived here in Thurston County for only
9 months. I thought people might like to see a comparison of the two list.
The apartment in West Seattle was very urban, with a small distant view of
the sound. Our place down here is on the edge of town with a bigger yard
with more feeders. There is a wetland about 100 yards behind the house,
but not visible to us. I occasionally see ducks flying over our house to
get there. Many of the birds counted at West Seattle, like the loon and
bittern were flyovers. I do not have many flyovers for the Olympia place
yet. A strange side note is that the Common Redpoll in West Seattle landed
in a tree while I was talking to Hal Opperman on the phone one day. I was
talking to Hal on the phone down here in Olympia when, what I was pretty
sure was a Semipalmated Plover, flew past the window (I didnt see it good
enough to count it though). So, the message here is - give Hal a call if
you want to add neat birds to your yard list!

Oly Sea Name
76 76 Total birds 91
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- X Common Loon
X X Double-crested Cormorant
- X American Bittern
X X Great Blue Heron
- X Green Heron
X X Turkey Vulture
X X Canada Goose
X - Wood Duck
X X Mallard
X X Osprey
X X Bald Eagle
- X Northern Harrier
X X Sharp-shinned Hawk
X X Cooper's Hawk
- X Northern Goshawk
X X Red-tailed Hawk
- X American Kestrel
X X Merlin
- X Peregrine Falcon
X - California Quail
X X Killdeer
X - Greater Yellowlegs
- X Bonaparte's Gull
- X Mew Gull
- X California Gull
X X Glaucous-winged Gull
X X Glaucous Gull
X X Caspian Tern
X X Rock Dove
X X Band-tailed Pigeon
- X Mourning Dove
X X Vaux's Swift
X X Rufous Hummingbird
X X Red-breasted Sapsucker
X X Downy Woodpecker
X X Northern Flicker
X X Pileated Woodpecker
X - Olive-sided Flycatcher
X - Western Wood-Pewee
X - Pacific-slope Flycatcher
X - Cassins Vireo
X - Hutton's Vireo
X X Steller's Jay
X X Western Scrub-Jay
X X American Crow
X X Tree Swallow
X X Violet-green Swallow
X X Barn Swallow
X X Cliff Swallow
X X Black-capped Chickadee
X X Chestnut-backed Chickadee
X X Bushtit
X X Red-breasted Nuthatch
X X Brown Creeper
X X Bewick's Wren
X X Winter Wren
X X Golden-crowned Kinglet
X X Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- X Townsend's Solitaire
X X Swainson's Thrush
X X American Robin
X X Varied Thrush
X X Eurasian Starling
X X Cedar Waxwing
X X Orange-crowned Warbler
X - Yellow Warbler
X X Yellow-rumped Warbler
X X Black-throated Gray Warbler
X X Townsend's Warbler
X X Wilson's Warbler
X X Western Tanager
X X Spotted Towhee
X - Chipping Sparrow
- X Savannah Sparrow
X X Fox Sparrow
X X Song Sparrow
X - White-throated Sparrow
X X White-crowned Sparrow
X X Golden-crowned Sparrow
X X Dark-eyed Junco
X - Black-headed Grosbeak
X - Red-winged Blackbird
- X Brewer's Blackbird
X X Brown-headed Cowbird
X - Purple Finch
X X House Finch
- X Common Redpoll
X X Pine Siskin
X X American Goldfinch
X - Evening Grosbeak
X X House Sparrow


Russell

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Russell Rogers and Mary Moore
6637 Glenwood Drive SW
Olympia WA 98512
(360) 709-9870
rrogers at halcyon.com
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