Greetings All
Fred Boesche and I birded from Brady Loop Road out to Tokeland today in very
decent weather. It was a fantastic day with 133 species recorded. The main
surprise was a highly vociferous (read: obnoxious) Northern Mockingbird in
the town of Grayland, flying around a neighborhood near the Beachcomber's
MiniMart/Deli. In just a couple minutes the bird gave imitations of 15
species, my favorite of which was the Blue Jay and Steller's Jay calls given
in rapid succession. The songs were so loud that they got the attention of
local residents, who hadn't heard it before today.

BRADY LOOP/FOSTER ROAD (7:30-8:15):
Green Heron (1)
American Kestrel (6)
Merlin (1)
Virginia Rail (1)
Sora (5)
Semipalmated Plover (2)
Whimbrel (14)
Warbling Vireo (5)
Orange-crowned Warbler (20)
Yellow Warbler (5)
Black-throated Gray Warbler (8)
Wilson's Warbler (15)
Western Tanager (1)
Black-headed Grosbeak (2)

JOHNS RIVER WILDLIFE AREA (9:00-10:30):
Greater White-fronted Goose (2)
Cackling Goose (7-minima)
Wood Duck (4)
Blue-winged Teal (1)
Northern Shoveler (15)
Ring-necked Duck (2)
Sora (2)
Semipalmated Plover (80)
Short-billed Dowitcher (7)
Wilson's Snipe (2): displaying.
Orange-crowned Warbler (30)
Savannah Sparrow (75)
Lincoln's Sparrow (2)
Elk (40)

BOTTLE BEACH/OCOSTA THIRD (10:40-12:00):
Brant (35)
Cinnamon Teal (2)
Red-throated Loon (40)
Osprey (1)
Virginia Rail (1)
Sora (3)
Semipalmated Plover (100)
Whimbrel (5)
Red Knot (25)
Western Sandpiper (200)-very low.
Short-billed Dowitcher (600)
Caspian Tern (15)
Hutton's Vireo (1)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (25)

GRAYLAND AREA (12:40-1:30):
Greater White-fronted Goose (175)
Wood Duck (4)
Cinnamon Teal (2)
Warbling Vireo (4)
Hermit Thrush (2)
Northern Mockingbird (1)
Orange-crowned Warbler (25)
Black-throated Gray Warbler (15)
Townsend's Warbler (1)

TOKELAND AREA (2:00-3:00):
American Wigeon (5)
Black Scoter (4)-North Cove.
Common Loon (100)
Sooty Shearwater (10)-off North Cove.
Whimbrel (25)
Marbled Godwit (20)
Long-billed Curlew (10)
Bonaparte's Gull (15)
Western Tanager (4)

Cheers and good birding.
Charlie Wright
Bonney Lake, Washington