Subject: [Tweeters] Wallace Swamp Creek Park (dipper photos)
Date: May 22 12:23:37 2007
From: Kevin Mack - kevin_mack at comcast.net
Hi Tweets,
After seeing Linda Phillips' post yesterday regarding the fledgling dippers
at Wallace Swamp Creek Park, my wife and I decided to take a trip over there
this morning. We were not disappointed. For over 30 minutes we watched the
little birds explore and forage along the banks and in the waters of Swamp
Creek. Occasionally, their parents dropped by to check on them. I have
posted a few photos of the fledglings on my website at:
http://www.goatislandimages.com/photogalleries.htm. They can be found in
the "Passerines I" gallery.
Species sighted this morning included:
Chest-nut Backed Chickadee
Black-capped Chickadee
Mallard
Spotted Sandpiper
Spotted Towhee
American Robin
American Crow
American Dipper
Anna's Hummingbird
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Flycatcher (undifferentiated due to brevity of sighting)
We likely would have seen many more, but we were completely mesmerized by
the "dipper dance" :o).
Kevin Mack
Edmonds, WA
www.goatislandimages.com <http://www.goatislandimages.com/>