Due to the heavy rain falling all morning, I only had one other person
join me for my monthly nature walk through Point Defiance Park in Tacoma
today. We were rewarded on our four-plus mile walk with some impressive
views of Bald Eagles and a quick glimpse of a Merlin. Other species seen
inside the park included two woodpecker species - Pileated Woodpecker
and Northern Flicker - and a number of other species that were heard but
not seen.

Later in the morning, just before winds moved into the area, I saw two
Evening Grosbeaks mixed in roaming flocks of European Starling and
American Robins.

Happy birding!

Rob McNair-Huff ---------- Tacoma, WA
Author of Washington Disasters (Globe Pequot, 2006), Birding Washington
(Falcon Publishing, 2004)
and Insider's Guide to the Olympic Peninsula (Globe Pequot, 2001)
Mac Net Journal ---------- http://www.macnetjournal.com

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