Tweeters,
Highlights include the following:
* Merlin - first this year; coursing quickly in the blustery wind on
Sunday
* Northern Shrike - first of the year about 50 feet from the house atop
a small Douglas-fir
* Western Bluebird - female just outside "downtown" Roy sitting on a
fence alongside the road (spotted by my wife) (not listed below) // Had
one last week near the house
* Imm. Sharp-shinned Hawk - chasing a Black-capped Chickadee around and
around a tall Douglas-fir - with the BCCH escaping by flying-diving into
a shrub thicket
* Remains of a Rock Pigeon under a Doug-fir canopy -- the Cooper's Hawk
is still active

Note: Found a second dead porcupine last week along 8th Ave S. (runs
from SR 507 through the east side of Ft. Lewis). This one was fairly
small -- the one my wife found a couple of months ago was huge.

Birds seen or heard this weekend:

Canada Goose
Mallard
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Merlin
Killdeer
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Northern Shrike
Steller's Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Bewick's Wren
Marsh Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Purple Finch
House Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Weekend count: 35 spp // 89 spp YTD // 93 spp site-to-date

May all your birds be identified,

Denis DeSilvis
Seattle, WA
mailto:denis.j.desilvis at boeing.com