Tweets
The changing of the avian (as opposed to human) annual seasons continues.
Both WESTERN GREBES and CALIFORNIA GULLS are hanging out at the top of the
lake; perhaps, looking forward to the late August Kokanee migration. The
insectivore decline continues: YELLOW WARBLER, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, WILLOW
FLYCATCHER, RED-EYED VIREO numbers down from a couple of weeks ago. Most of
the swallows are gone except for BARN SWALLOW. The RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS are
also gone, a few juvenile YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS still making quite a
racket.
Lots of juvenile waterfowl: AMERICAN WIGEON, MALLARD, RING-NECKED DUCK,
AMERICAN COOTS and PIED-BILLED GREBE.

Census Route
Coomon Loon 3
Pied-billed Grebe 4
Western Grebe 19
Wood Duck 2
American Wigeon 29
Mallard 42
Ring-necked Duck 7
Great-blue Heron 4
American Kestrel 1
American Coot 11
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Solitary Sandpiper 1
California Gull 33
Belted Kingfisher 3
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Western Wood-Pewee 1
Willow Flycatcher 7
Common Raven 6
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Warbling Vireo 2
Swainson's Thrush 2
American Robin 1
Winter Wren 1
Barn Swallow 4
Black-capped Chickadee 5
Pine Siskin 2
Yellow Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 4
Song Sparrow 4
Yellow-headed Blackbird 3

Cheers
Gail Spitler
Johnsons Landing, BC
spitler at wkpowerlink.com