I got to the Bay-breasted spot this morning around 6:15 and heard it sing a
few notes of its song just a few minutes after arriving, on FR1909. Twenty
minutes later I heard the full song and found the bird perched up in the sun
along 1909. I watched it move around the treetops, sing a few times, and
then fly across the road and disappear. I never heard or saw it again,
though I didn't spend too much time in that direct area before leaving
around eight. Other nice though not unexpected birds include several young
Hermit Warblers being fed by an adult, 20 Red Crossbills, a Pine Siskin,
BTGray, Orange-crowned, Yellow-rumped & MacGillivray's Warblers, a Hutton's
Vireo, Gray Jays, several Western Tanagers, and two Elk.

Up at Mt. St. Helens there was a Rock Wren singing below the overlook.

The very vocal Clay-colored Sparrow in Tenino was easy to find at eleven. I
did not see or hear any bobwhite at the Weir Prairie, though I was not there
at the optimal time. There were quite a few Purple Martins nesting in some
snags, as well as several House Wrens.

The Yellow-breasted Chat was singing away at the Kent Ponds. Also present
were 2 wigeon, a coot, an American Bittern and a singing male Lazuli
Bunting.

Yesterday evening there was a Bonaparte's Gull at Juanita Bay Park.

Ryan Merrill
Kirkland, WA
merrillr AT bc.edu