Subject: [Tweeters] West side Tacoma parks
Date: May 22 06:14:53 2005
From: Kenneth Brown - kennethwbrown at hotmail.com


Yesterday, a group of us from Tacoma stopped at 4 west side parks in Tacoma.
Starting at Titlow,
followed by Chambers Creek, Sunnyside and the always productive Ft.
Steilacoom cty. park. Steila-
coom was alive with neo-tropicals. Here are a few highlights.

Titlow
1 W. Grebe
1 Brandt's Cormorant
7 Pigeon Guillemot
20 Purple Martins
1 Marbled Murrelet

Chambers Creek
2 Hutton's Vireo
3 Wilson Warblers
2 Black-Throated Gray Warblers
1 Spotted Sandpiper
2 Pacific-slope Flycatcher

Sunnyside Beach
4 Marbled Murrelets
1 Common Loon

Ft. Steilcoom park
2 Gadwalls
2 Ruddy Ducks (nesting)
1 Osprey
1 B. Eagle
1 Barn Owl
3 Anna's Hummingbirds
6 W.Wood Peewee
3 House Wren
3 W. Tanager
12 Black-headed Grosbeaks
2 Lazuli Bunting
2 Bullock's Oriole

Ken Brown
kennethwbrown at hotmail.com
Port Orchard