Hi Tweets,

A brief walk around Lost Lagoon as the rain ended and a weak high rolled in
behind it. Most of the bird activity was in a hotspot in the trees directly
behind the tennis courts above Lost Lagoon, not the public ones W of the
Lagoon but the small courts just up from the Bus Loop. The birds are best
seen from the sidewalk above th tennis courts along Lagoon Drive. If it's
raining and there's no-one on the courts, many species one would normally
have to look for in deep foliage actually come out into the open and forage
on the courts themselves and sit in plain view on the surrounding chain-link
fence and even the net-cord. This behavior may be restricted to the morning.

Great Blue Heron 2
Canada Goose ~50 incl. 1 individ small-race
Mute Swan 6 2 nests, 1 with egg
Wood Duck 6 3 pair
American Wigeon 5 2m 3f
Mallard ~150
Greater Scaup 18
Lesser Scaup 22
Bufflehead 5 4f, 1 subad m
Common Goldeneye 1 f
Barrow's Goldeneye 3 2 subad m, 1f
Bald Eagle 1 ad
American Coot 4
Mew Gull 2 both Alt 2
Glaucous-winged Gull 9
Rock Dove 14
Vaux's Swift 12
Rufous Hummingbird 1 m
Northern Flicker 1 m
Northwestern Crow ~40
Common Raven 2 pair
Tree Swallow 2 1m, 1f
Violet-green Swallow ~100
N. Rough-winged Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 15
Cliff Swallow 4
Black-capped Chickadee 8
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 6
Bushtit 4 2 pairs
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Bewick's Wren 1
Winter Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5 3 singing males
American Robin ~10
Varied Thrush 1
European Starling ~50
Orange-crowned Warbler 4 2 singing males
Yellow-rumped Warbler ~100 5 Myrt, 1 Myrt X Aud hybrid
Spotted Towhee 4
Fox Sparrow 3 all 'Sooty' form
Song Sparrow 9 5 singing males
White-crowned Sparrow 12 10 gambelii, 2 pugetensis
Golden-crowned Sparrow 5
Dark-eyed Junco 4 Oregon-type
Red-winged Blackbird 5 3m 2f
House Finch 20
Pine Siskin 4
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 5


Michael Price
Vancouver BC Canada
mprice at mindlink.net