Hi Tweets,

after researching the bird songs available on cd, I found the Stokes bird
song cds to be the best?

before I order, does anyone have any input into bird song cds? I am new to
birding and can use any help I can get.

thanks in advance,

and thank you to all the digiscoping info, that was great info.

Dawn Bailey
Eatonville, WA
mailto:dawnsdog at rainierconnect.com

"Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence
encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."

~Elie Wiesel



----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlie Wright" <charlie at birdwright.com>
To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 4:39 PM
Subject: Green River, Auburn; 16 July 2004


> Greetings,
> I took a walk down to King County's Bank Swallow colony this morning with
my
> dad. This spot is in sand banks along the Green River east of Auburn. From
> Auburn you could go up the Auburn-Enumclaw Hwy or any other route, but get
> on SE 385th St. Turn north on 188th Ave SE, park at the end of that road
> which is closed off. Walk past the gate on what used to be 190th Ave, all
> the way down to the bottom and out of the woods to the river. It is, at
> most, 2.5 miles round-trip.
>
> Today the woods were absolutely chock full of Red-eyed Vireos, a few
singing
> but most giving various other calls and giving quite good views. I
observed
> several fledglings being fed by adults. The biggest surprise was when my
> half-hearted pygmy-owl toots I was giving to bring in the vireos actually
> called in an owl, giving the trill as well as toots. A very large and
angry
> mob of passerines came in and attacked the poor bird, but the pygmy-owl
> fought back! I'm not sure if the Black-headed Grosbeak made it out alive
in
> the end. This surprised me a little as I don't usually see them in
deciduous
> forests in the summer. Anyway, we went down to the river after that
> excitement and counted the Bank Swallows, which seem to be thriving. You
> could even see several almost-fledged young in some of the holes, and many
> more were being fed. In the same area as the colony, a juvenile Chipping
> Sparrow was observed, and just past that, some surprise shorebirds in the
> mud along the river.
>
> Friday, 16 July 2004 (9:20am-12:45pm)
> Sunny; calm; 70-80 F.
>
> Common Merganser (20): all in one apparent brood.
> Turkey Vulture (2)
> Bald Eagle (2)
> Greater Yellowlegs (1)
> Spotted Sandpiper (6): 2 adults; 4 juvs.
> Least Sandpiper (1)
> Long-billed Dowitcher (1ad)
> Northern Pygmy-Owl (1): dark brown morph; at base of switchbacks.
> Vaux's Swift (1)
> Downy Woodpecker (2)
> Western Wood-Pewee (2)
> Willow Flycatcher (6)
> Pacific-slope Flycatcher (15)
> Red-eyed Vireo (18): most common forest bird here, besides chickadees.
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow (6)
> Bank Swallow (52): 48 adults; 4 nestlings visible-- more being fed.
> Cliff Swallow (5)
> Black-capped Chickadee (10)
> Chestnut-backed Chickadee (45)
> Bushtit (5)
> Brown Creeper (5)
> Bewick's Wren (3)
> Swainson's Thrush (13)
> Common Yellowthroat (10)
> Western Tanager (2)
> Black-headed Grosbeak (3)
> Chipping Sparrow (1 juv): flying around on both sides of the Green R.
> Song Sparrow (15)
> Purple Finch (2)
> --------
> Western Tiger Swallowtail
> Mustard White
> Mylitta Crescent
> Satyr Comma
>
> That's all for now
> cheers and good birding,
> Charlie Wright
> Bonney Lake, Washington
>
>