Greetings all
I birded today along the Foothills Trail from west of Crocker to the town of
South Prairie, a distance of about 6 miles. There were fewer birds in
general than there have been this past week, but I did find a classic
hatch-year Least Flycatcher about .5 mile west of South Prairie in willows
near an unmarked intersection. I studied the bird for about two minutes and
it called often. Also today there were again Solitary Sandpipers at the
"REI" wetland, where I have seen them each time I've been there since 13
August. Two of the birds today appeared to be cinnamomea, while the other
two were nominate solitaria.

FOOTHILLS TRAIL (11:50am-5:00pm).
Partial overcast; light breeze from sw; 70-75?F.

Common Merganser (3)-Voight's Cr.
Green Heron (1)-"REI" wetland.
Osprey (1)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (1)
Solitary Sandpiper (4)-"REI" wetland.
Vaux's Swift (21)
Downy Woodpecker (10)
Hairy Woodpecker (1)
Western Wood-Pewee (6)
Willow Flycatcher (6)
LEAST FLYCATCHER (1)
Pacific-slope Flycatcher (1)
Cassin's Vireo (3)
Warbling Vireo (3)
Violet-green Swallow (45)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (1)
Cliff Swallow (8)
Barn Swallow (175)
Brown Creeper (14)
Marsh Wren (5)
American Dipper (3)
Swainson's Thrush (14)
Orange-crowned Warbler (4)
Yellow Warbler (4)
Black-throated Gray Warbler (14)
Townsend's Warbler (1)
MacGillivray's Warbler (1)
Common Yellowthroat (25)
Wilson's Warbler (6)
Savannah Sparrow (17)
Lincoln's Sparrow (6)
Evening Grosbeak (23)

Cheers
Charlie Wright
Bonney Lake, Washington