Hi Tweeters,

Today I hit the one year mark for tracking my bird
sightings at work. It has been fun. I will
discontinue the (semi) regular reports as it turns out
I will not be able to spend as much time as I would
like out there. I'll still get to check it out, just
not as much. I will let you all know if cool stuff
like the Redhead ducks reappear. Several people were
able to visit this area for lifer Redheads last year.
And I know there are new birders on the list since
then.

This week the 5 Western Grebes are still hanging
around. There was an interesting crow/Cooper's hawk
interaction. First the crows were dive bombing the
hawk. Then the hawk, an immature and fiesty bird,
singled out a crow for a good harassment. It only
took two harassments from the hawk before it became
suddenly "invisible" to crows and they quit dive
bombing it. The immature hawk that was here last year
was clearly intimidated by the crows but not this one.

Of the very unexpected birds this year, Savannah
Sparrow I saw another one this week. Weird. The
other very unexpected bird was the Green Heron and I
saw one at least twice this year. The expected back
bird that I never saw return was the Red-breasted
Sapsucker. It spent a fair amount of time drilling
wells into a tree near the Montlake bridge and I never
saw it back or any new wells.

On a seperate email I will list out the 75 species I
saw this year. For this week, from Oct 24 til today.
>From Sakuma Viewpoint Park (near Agua Verde
restaurant) to the Montlake Bridge:

Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Pied-billed Grebe
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Cooper's Hawk
GW/Western hybrid Gull (thanks to SAS Gull class...)
Ring-billed Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Rock Pigeon
Anna's Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Bushtit
Bewick's Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Spotted Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco-12+
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Good work birding all,
Kathy
Roosting in S King County



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