Hi Tweeters,

It's not even fall yet, and it's already been the best fall in the 4
we've been in Mill Creek. (Asterisks are species I had never seen on
this property before)

8/24
* Black Swifts (big flock overhead)
* Western Kingbird (hunting from the top of a dead tree next door)
Western Tanagers

8/29 (within 15 minutes, in same tree)
1 Band-tailed Pigeon
3 Northern Flickers
2 Red-breasted Sapsuckers
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Bewick's Wren
* 1 Red-eyed Vireo
* 1 Hutton's Vireo
5 House Sparrow
2 Steller's Jays
1 American Crow

9/5
* Swainson's Thrush
Cedar Waxwings (big flock)

9/8
Spotted Towhees
* Evening Grosbeaks (about 20)

Good birding,

Christine Vadai/Tom Phillips
christinevadai at sprynet.com
Mill Creek, WA