Tweets - I have been remiss in reporting for the last month. We have gone out
each of the last four weeks, and there have been birds to see.

Today was broken overcast, with rain threatening sometimes. Lots of mosquitos,
bad light early. We had 50 species though, including a PEREGRINE FALCON which
made a big circle (1/2 mile diameter?) over the weir, a COOPER'S HAWK with
brunch (seen from the lake platform), about 7 BLACK SWIFT from the boardwalk,
and several RED-EYED VIREO including a nest with young near the Rowing Club
dock. MANY muskrat.

A complete annotated list from the last 4 weeks, 6/27-7/18 follows:

Pied-billed Grebe All 4 weeks
Great Blue Heron All
Green Heron All
Canada Goose All - numbers increasing
Wood Duck 7/4, 7/18. Today, momma with 6 babies.
Mallard All
Hooded Merganser All - at Rowing Club ponds
Common Merganser Single females 6/27 and 7/4 -- See Note #1
Osprey 2 on 6/27, 1 on 7/18 over lake
Cooper's Hawk 1 on 7/18 with dead bird in its grasp. Robin?
Red-tailed Hawk All weeks including at least 4 birds today
Peregrine Falcon 7/18 - 1 Flew in huge circle around weir.
Virginia Rail 7/4 - 1-2 young w/adult at RC ponds. 7/11-
adult at lake.
Killdeer All
California Gull? 7/11, 7/18. Maybe Ring-billed too? Increasing.
Glaucous-winged Gull 7/18 - 1 immature
Rock Dove Missed on the 4th
Band-tailed Pigeon All, including 30 on 7/4
Black Swift 7 on 7/18
Vaux's Swift All
Rufous Hummingbird All - females only, last 3 weeks
Belted Kingfisher All - as many as 4 birds each day
Downy Woodpecker All
Northern Flicker Missed on 6/27
Willow Flycatcher All
Pacific-slope Flycatcher Probable on 7/11
Warbling Vireo 7/4
Red-eyed Vireo 7/4, 7/11, 7/18 - increasing, nesting 7/18
American Crow All
Tree Swallow All
Violet-green Swallow All
Cliff Swallow Missed on 7/4
Barn Swallow All - obvious young on 7/18
Black-capped Chickadee All
Chestnut-bck Chickadee 7/4, 7/18
Bushtit All - family-sized groups
Red-breasted Nuthatch 7/4 - Mansion area
Bewick's Wren All
Marsh Wren All - obvious young
Swainson's Thrush All - abundant, singing
American Robin All - very abundant, many young
European Starling All - abundant, many young
Cedar Waxwing All
Yellow Warbler All - male and female 7/18
Common Yellowthroat All - males, females, immatures
Spotted Towhee All - males, females, immatures
Savannah Sparrow All - immatures on 7/18
Song Sparrow All - adults and immatures
White-crowned Sparrow 7/8 - during Heritage Festival
Black-headed Grosbeak All - males, females, immatures. Common.
Lazuli Bunting 7/4, 7/11 - See Note #2
Red-winged Blackbird All - males, females, immatures
Brown-headed Cowbird All - males, females, immatures
Bullock's Oriole Two sightings of a female 7/11
Purple Finch Missed on 7/11
House Finch All - males, females, immatures
Pine Siskin 4 on 7/18
American Goldfinch All

Note #1 - COMMON MERGANSER
Had a report from Grace and Ollie of a momma with 6 little ones riding on her
back, 7/16, near the windmill (I think).

Note #2 - LAZULI BUNTING
7/4 - Male and possible female, with male seen twice in easternmost London
Plane Tree along south edge of Dog Area parking lot. 7/11 - Male in SAME TREE
along parking lot. Both times, male singing.

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland WA
== Hummer at isomedia.com
== http://www.scn.org/fomp/birding.htm