Yesterday afternoon at Point No Point, we had three Whimbrels just beyond the light house and two Meadowlarks at the feeders by Vic Nelson's place.
Gene & Sandy Bullock
Poulsbo
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From: Vicnelson3 at aol.com
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 1:47 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] Point No Point migration/Lesser Goldfinch


Brad Wagner and I had a good morning at Point No Point today. Beginning at 8:00 I had a Chipping Sparrow in my yard as well as Evening Grosbeaks(6-8), Cedar Waxwings(10),Western Kingbird, and 20-30 Western Tanagers. Joined by Brad at 0845 we walked to the lighthouse where we were surrounded by migrating warblers, mostly Orange-crowned and Yellow-rumped, but also some Wilson's and Yellow. We then saw a goldfinch which looked strange to us.It was very green toned and the wing bars were grayish and not as distinct as the Am. Goldfinch. The wings were grayish/green and only slightly darker than the mantle. We studied it in our scopes for 30-40 seconds before it flew in circles over our heads. It's call was not familiar to me, but Brad recognized it as a Lesser Goldfinch's call. I am familiar with the Am. Goldfinch call. The bird then flew away to the north. We believe this female Lesser Goldfinch is a Kitsap County first.

We also had a male Lazuli Bunting and 5 Western Kingbirds at the point. We then saw that a large number of Western Tanagers and other birds were flying northwest from the high trees south odf the point. We returned to my yard and between 10:00-12:00 watched an estimated 400-500 western Tanagers flying west/northwest. We also saw 8-10 Black-headed Grosbeaks, 70-80 Orange-crowned Warblers, 50-60 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 1 Bullock's Oriole, 2 Vaux's Swifts, 1 Kestral, 3 Redtail, 3-4 Bald Eagles(Not the Locals), 2 Sharp-shinned, 1 Cooper's, all flying overhead or moving through the trees. We also had a female Yellow-headed Blackbird in the back of the trailer park.






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