Hi folks,

Don Norman asked if I might post this.

Jon. Anderson
Olympia, WA

>
> Don Norman ran a recently set-up urban Breeding Bird Survey route from
Edmonds, WA to Magnolia
> in Seattle thru Woodway, Shoreview Park, Carkeek, and Discovery Parks
today,
> and observed 55 species. There were 32 WIWA on 22 stops! Most common
birds
> were robin and crow on 41 stops each. Best bird was I got a glimpse of a
> swift that was probably a black! Lots of migration, there were tanagers
on
> 11 stops, warbling vireos on 5 stops and pewees on 4, band-tails on 7! If
any
> one is interested in running this route, as a means of tracking migration
or
> use of urban parks by birds, I can e-mail you an excel file with the
> directions. donorman at aol.com
>