Tweets - Eight of us enjoyed a pleasant and interesting morning at Marymoor.
As we move into the post-breeding period, a few new things are moving
in/through. The weather was overcast, but clearing (no rain, no wind).

Highlights:

Green Heron Multiple sightings, at least 2 adults
GR. YELLOWLEGS Flyby, with kingfishers. Only 3rd ever.
Mourning Dove 1st of 2007, in Snag Row
Belted Kingfisher At least 3, seen together
WILSON'S WARBLER First of fall, several

At about 5:45 a.m., to BELTED KINGFISHERS flew north over the South Lot. A
third bird flying with them looked slightly different - pointed wings, a
thinner bill, trailing legs - Just as I got on it, it gave the tew-tew-tew
call of a GREATER YELLOWLEGS. In a weird deja vu moment, five hours later,
as we came back through the South Lot, three birds flew north. This time,
all three were kingfishers.

Lots and lots of babies of just about everything. Trees dripping with young
VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS. Ducklings (MALLARD, WOODIE, HOODIE), Goslings,
wrens, finches, etc. Young warblers were a bit of a challenge to ID -
certainly several COMMON YELLOWTHROATS, at least one YELLOW WARBLER, maybe a
WILSON'S...

Anyway, a good day. See the other Tweeters post from Brandon Higgins about
them refinding the LEAST FLYCATCHER, which we did not see. For the day,
including the LEFL, 61 species. The Mourning Dove and the Greater
Yellowlegs were new for 2007.

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland, WA
== http://www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
== birdmarymoor at verizon.net