Hi Tweets,
Yes, montlake was very active and beautiful today! I was also there and my
day started with one male Anna's Hummingbird dive bombing (J shaped
display!) a White-crowned Sparrow. Poor sparrow, forgot his spring song and
got confused/scared by his Speed, Light and Sound disappeared quickly!

For the first time I also saw one Virginia Rail also!.

Happy Birding.

Narendra Bhagwat
Seattle


>From: Michael Dossett <phainopepla at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: phainopepla at yahoo.com
>To: Tweeters at u.washington.edu
>Subject: 7 sp. of Shorebirds at Montlake Fill this AM
>Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 11:47:26 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Hi tweets,
>
>I spent an absolutely wonderful hour and a half
>birding the Montlake Fill this morning. The weather
>was beautiful, and the birds did not dissapoint
>either. I had 62 species, highlighted by 7 species of
>Shorebirds and 5 species of Warblers.
>
>Yesterday's Short-billed Dowitcher remains at the main
>pond. I couldn't find him at first, but eventually,
>he was very accomodating and let me have some nice
>looks. There were two Greater Yellowlegs also present
>on the main pond, as well as about 50 peeps. The
>peeps were about 2/3 Least Sandpiper and 1/3 Western
>Sandpiper. Also present was a very surprising
>Semi-palmated Plover. Great looks at this bird, as
>well as at several Killdeer and a single Snipe.
>
>As far as Warblers go, I had 3 Yellow Warblers and
>several Common Yellowthroats. The Palm Warbler was
>still present, and there were several Yellow-rumped
>Warblers as well. I also had a single Orange-crowned
>Warbler singing in the trees north of the main pond.
>It appeared to be celata rather than Lutescens...
>
>The only other things that I would say were especially
>noteworthy was a second pair of Cinnamon Teal is now
>present as well as a lingering male Ruddy Duck. A
>single pipit was also present this morning. Vaux's
>Swifts are back... Interesting since when I reported
>some on the 25th of March, I said that they seemed
>about a month early, and now on the 25th of April, I
>have my first sighting since.
>
>Michael Dossett
>Bothell, Washington
>Phainopepla at yahoo.com
>
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