Hi,

I had a good morning at Shoreview yesterday. The
highlights of the morning were a singing male PURPLE
FINCH and 3 female RED CROSSBILLS collecting nest
materials in the clump of Rosa rugosa between the
ballfield and soccer field. The flew off to the trees
along Boeing Creek. During a walk along part of the
creek later on, I heard lots of crossbills calling
overhead. Looks like they are going to stay for
atleast a little while.

The TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was also seen again
yesterday, it was in the woods along part of the
creek. This is atleast the 4th record of a solitaire
for the park.

Birds Seen:

1. Great Blue Heron
2. Mallard
3. Barrow's Goldeneye
4. Bufflehead
5. Sharp-shinned Hawk
6. Cooper's Hawk
7. Red-tailed Hawk
8. California Quail
9. Ring-billed Gull
10. Glaucous-winged Gull
11. Band-tailed Pigeon
12. Vaux's Swift
13. Anna's Hummingbird
14. Rufous Hummingbird
15. Belted Kingfisher
16. Downy Woodpecker
17. Hairy Woodpecker
18. Northern Flicker
19. Pileated Woodpecker
20. Violet-Green Swallow
21. Steller's Jay
22. American Crow
23. Black-capped Chickadee
24. Chestnut-backed Chickadee
25. Bushtit
26. Red-breasted Nuthatch
27. Brown Creeper
28. Bewick's Wren
29. Winter Wren
30. Golden-crowned Kinglet
31. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
32. Townsend's Solitaire
33. Hermit Thrush
34. American Robin
35. Varied Thrush
36. European Starling
37. Hutton's Vireo
38. Orange-crowned Warbler
39. Yellow-rumped Warbler
40. Spotted Towhee
41. Fox Sparrow
42. Song Sparrow
43. Lincoln's Sparrow
44. Golden-crowned Sparrow
45. White-crowned Sparrow
46. Dark-eyed Junco
47. Brown-headed Cowbird
48. Purple Finch
49. House Finch
50. Red Crossbill
51. Pine Siskin
52. American Goldfinch
53. House Sparrow

Michael Dossett
Bothell
Phainopepla at yahoo.com

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