Hi Tweets -

Eleven people went on a Seattle Audubon trip to the Swauk Pass area
today. We started near the intersection of the Teanaway and Yakima
rivers with a good mix of passerines (Yellow Warbler, Common
Yellowthroat, Black-headed Grosbeak, Gray Catbird), wonderful looks at
singing Veery, and a hen Wood Duck with 4 young. On Hidden Valley Road
we had both Eastern Kingbird (dive bombing a Red-tailed Hawk) and
Western Kingbird, Band-tailed Pigeons, several Vesper Sparrows, a pair
of American Kestrels, a single Western Bluebird, a Western Meadowlark
and two Spotted Sandpipers on a gravel road.

We worked our way up thru Liberty picking up Nashville Warbler,
MacGillivray's Warbler, several Yellow Warblers, Western Wood Pewee,
Swainson's Thrush and Warbling Vireo. Then up FR 9712 eventually onto
Table Mountain. We had at various spots Common Raven, Turkey Vulture,
Red-tailed Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, Rock Dove, Mourning Dove, Western Wood
Pewee, a probable Hammond's Flycatcher, a Pacific-slope Flycatcher,
Stellars' and Gray Jays, Black-capped, Chestnut-backed and Mountain
Chickadees, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Townsend's Solitaire, Hermit Thrush,
Yellow-rumped (Audubon's) and Townsend's Warblers, Western Tanager,
Chipping Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, Lazuli Bunting, Purple and Cassin's
Finches.

A great day, warm but nice weather, nice views and cooperative birds - a
total of 73 species.

Turkey Vulture
Wood Duck/Mallard/Teal sp. (Blue-winged/Cinnamon f)
Osprey (on nest)
Bald Eagle - imm.
Cooper's and Red-tailed Hawks
American Kestrel
Spotted Sandpiper
Rock and Mourning Dove, Band-tailed Pigeon
Rufous Hummingbird
Downy Woodpecker/Northern Flicker
Western Wood Pewee
Willow/Hammond's?/Pacific Slope Flycatcher
Western and Eastern Kingbird
Warbling Vireo
Gray and Stellar's Jay
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow and Common Raven
Tree, Violet-green, N. Rough-winged, Cliff and Barn Swallows
Black-capped, Chestnut-backed and Mountain Chickadees
Red-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Western Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Veery, Swainson's, and Hermit Thrush
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Nashville, Yellow, Yellow-rumped (A), Townsend's, MacGillivray's
Warblers and Common Yellowthroat
Western Tanager
Spotted Towhee
Chipping, Vesper, Song, Lincoln's, White-crowned Sparrows and Dark-eyed
Junco
Black-headed Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Red-winged and Brewer's Blackbirds
Western Meadowlark
Brown-headed Cowbird
Purple, Cassin's and House Finches
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch

All went home satisfied.

Brian H. Bell
Woodinville
bellasoc at isomedia.com