Today I spent a little time on Spencer Island. I stopped off at the
Snohomish River before reaching the Island and watched a female Belted
Kingfisher coming and going from a hole in the river bank. I also
watched young Northern Rough-winged Swallows lined up on a branch as
their adults took turns feeding them.
They are finally repairing the crossdike on Spencer and so I had to
avoid the Southern end. Instead I took a short walk North. I only had
a couple of hours to spend and so I walked a short way up the trail and
then turned and walked back. My list today includes:

Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Mallard
Canada Geese
Osprey (circling lazily overhead)
Bald Eagle (immature)
Accipiter (too far to ID between Copper's and Sharpshinned)
Red-tailed Hawk
Glaucous-winged Gull
Rock Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker (a pair playing tag on a snag)
Willow Flycatcher
Steller's Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Marsh Wren
Bewick's Wren (also a pair playing tag on a snag but each carrying a
worm for lunch)
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Black-headed Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird (Being chased by a Willow Flycatcher)
Purple Finch
House Finch
American Goldfinch

It was nice to get out especially because it was still sunny this
afternoon unlike this evening.

Yvonne Bombardier
Everett, Wa
ravenn at premier1.net