Matt, Tweets.

I got my power back late last night but still no internet, so I'm posting from Brien and Alex Meilleur's house. Dave Swain and I had a close encounter with an immature gray-phase GYRFALCON which flew right over our heads about 2:30 PM on the Kent -Auburn CBC Sunday. We were on 285th south of the Smith Bros. dairy at the time. It flew off towards the wsw, to the "chicken farm" area and perhaps shortly thereafter headed due north. No one else on the count reported a bird of this description, though Dave is trying to relocate it for a better look. It flew right overhead. The head clearly lacked a dark hood and the under body and underside of the flight feathers were pale and evenly streaked (body) and finely barred (underside of flight feathers). Seemed very large and evenly brownish gray above.

Gene Hunn


Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 22:39:26 -0800To: tweeters at u.washington.eduFrom: mattxyz at earthlink.netSubject: [Tweeters] Palm Warbler still present in Renton - Sunday PM too



Hi Tweets -
Passing on a report from Michael Hobbs [still w/o power over on the eastside]. Today at about 2:30 he relocated the Palm Warbler at the mouth of the Cedar River in Renton [King Co]. The PAWA sounds like it was close to the place Matt Dufort reported it earlier in the morning, about 100yds north of the restroom building, in some trees.

Glad to hear this visitor made it through the wind storms --

Matt Bartels
Seattle WA


Hi Tweets,

I stopped by the mouth of the Cedar River in Renton this morning. The Palm Warbler was working the bushes and trees between the restroom building and the north end of the park, from about 8:20 to 8:45. At times it was consorting with a few Yellow-rumped Warblers, but at other times it was by itself. The flock of gulls on Lake Washington included at least 5 Herring and 3 Thayer?s Gulls, and a Spotted Sandpiper was working the log booms.

At Seattle Audubon?s Carnation Marsh, 2 White-throated Sparrows were in with the large sparrow flock hanging around the parking area. In the field adjacent to the parking area were 28 Western Meadowlarks ? the most I?ve ever seen in one place in King County.

Good birding,
Matt Dufort
Seattle, WA

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