Add:

Eared Grebe
Gadwall
Canvasback
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Ring-necked Duck
Long-tailed Duck
American Coot
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron

Probable Northern Shrike: I had a poor look but thought shrike, and
subsequently
learned that a woman (whom I don't know and didn't quiz) was pretty
confident she'd
seen a shrike 20 minutes earlier.


Jim McCoy
jfmccoy at earthlink.net
Redmond, WA



-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Hobbs [mailto:Hummer at isomedia.com]
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 9:29 PM
To: Tweeters (E-mail)
Subject: Donna Kish's yard list


Tweets - thanks to those who responded. I have reports of the following
species from Donna's yard in Stanwood where the Tropical Kingbird was seen
last
month. If anyone saw any birds not on this list, please let me know. This
list includes fly-overs:

Pied-billed Grebe
Tundra Swan
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Lesser Scaup
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Killdeer
Long-billed Dowitcher
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
TROPICAL KINGBIRD
Steller's Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bewick's Wren
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Varied Thrush
European Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
House Finch
COMMON REDPOLL
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Total - 53 species. Did anyone see Great Blue Heron, Canada Goose,
California
Gull, Bushtit, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Cedar Waxwing, or Lincoln's Sparrow?
Those and some more ducks seem like the most likely misses...

== Michael Hobbs
== Washington Ornithological Society webmaster
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