Tweets,

Colin Thoreen's report of the Black-throated Sparrow sighting got garbled on
the BirdBox. We heard one singing male and glimpsed it in the hopsage/dune
habitat about 1/4 miles west of I-SW immediately across I-SW from the parking
lot at the wetlands ca. 1 mi north of Frenchman Hill Rd. This was early AM
May 28 on our Birdathon Big Day fund raiser for Seattle Audubon.

We found eight species of owls, a personal high count for a single 24 hours
period (7:45 PM Friday to 7:45 PM Saturday): Western Screech-Owls (at their
nest, feeding young), Barred Owls (with young), Barn Owls (at Marymoor Park,
several), Flammulated Owls (at least a dozen calling near Liberty), Spotted
Owls (one silent bird nearly brushed my head coming in from behind; a second
calling; near Liberty), Long-eared Owl (flying away at dawn along I-SW),
Great-horned Owl (calling at dawn at I-SW), and Burrowing Owls (two 1 mi west
of the junction of Frenchman Hill Rd. and Dodson Rd.).

Total species = 141.

Gene Hunn
ENHunn at aol.com
(206) 365-2043 (new phone)