Tweets - We were "only" eleven people today, on a gorgeous morning. Sunny,
clear, little wind, cool enough to not be cold, and it didn't get too, too
hot until later. It was nicely birdy, and many of the birds chose to pose
for us. Nothing new for the year, but a good variety of the summer birds
showed themselves.

Highlights:

There were two female BUFFLEHEAD at the lake - getting quite late for them.

On the Rowing Club pond was a female HOODED MERGANSER with 10 ducklings.

Well out on the lake were 4-6 WESTERN GREBE.

Near the windmill, a very aggressive ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD who chased juncos,
goldfinches, and a robin.

In the middle of the Cottonwood Forest, we found a WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE nest.
I got some photos, one of which is on the day's blog page.

Good looks at singing male YELLOW WARBLERS today, as well as SWAINSON'S
THRUSH, and WARBLING VIREO.

There were probably two singing RED-EYED VIREOS in the Cottonwood Forest,
and most of us got looks at one of them.

I heard a singin LAZULU BUNTING right at 5:30, north of fields 7-8-9, but we
couldn't locate one later.

We had several BULLOCK'S ORIOLES, including a pair near the Rowing Club dock
that gave us good looks. They seemed to be being chased around by
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS.

For the day, 63 species.

See the blog photos at http://www.marymoor.org/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/Birds

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