Hello Tweets,

Given some reports of Mountain Chickadees earlier in the week for the
Hansville area of Kitsap County, I thought I would take advantage of the
lovely weather this afternoon and see if I could locate some. Although I had
no luck finding Mountain Chickadees, seeing another mountain species was my
reward for my efforts.

I drove along the neighborhood roads of Driftwood Keys listening and looking
for chickadee flocks and sparrow flocks (it's a good place for sparrows) .
Driftwood Keys is about a mile south of Twin Spits Road on Hood Canal Drive.
On a road on the hillside above and to the east of Hood Canal Drive I heard
and then spotted a beautiful bright male singing at the top of a fir tree.
It then flew into a Madrona Tree where I could not re-find it until it flew
out with two others. They flew into another Madrona Tree where I was able to
scope a female feeding on berries. As they seem to keep moving to the South
I am not sure that they will remain in the area but who knows.

I had three Ancient Murrelets in the waters near the Hansville store. Vic
Nelson reported to me a Pomarine Jaeger (I could not re-find) that he
observed yesterday.
So once again we have some pretty cool birds showing up over here in Kitsap
County.

Good Birding.

Brad Waggoner
Bainbridge Island, WA
mailto:wagtail at sounddsl.com