Tweets - It was vercast to start, with some wisps of fog, but nothing like
what the forecast called for. We weren't hampered by the fog at all.
Slowly cleared to a sunny noontime. Birdy, but most of the birds were
Yellow-rumped Warblers and Fox Sparrows. There were 8 or 9 birders, and we
enjoyed a pretty good day.

Highlights:

Horned Grebe Three at lake, one close to platform
Western Grebe Nine at lake
Green Heron One at lake
Cooper's Hawk Great look at adult at Pea Patch
PEREGRINE FALCON One flying down slough at noon
Barn Owl East Meadow, 6:30 a.m.
VAUX'S SWIFT Maybe 25 seen flying south up the slough
Winter Wren First of fall - one ticking in forest
Ruby-crowned Kinglet First of fall - 2 - one singing
American Pipit Several flyovers of 1-2 birds each
Yellow-rumped Warbler Ubiquitous - 100+
Townsend's Warbler One in the cherry trees
Fox Sparrow Many, many (25?), some singing
White-crowned Sparrow Singing gambelli at the Pea Patch
Golden-crowned Sparrow Many, some singing

While watching the PEREGRINE FALCON, I noticed several VAUX'S SWIFTS flying
south up the slough. They were flying fairly high, and while they were
doing some feeding-type circling about, many of them were heading fairly
straight south. There may have been more that we didn't notice. Could well
have been a migrating wave of swifts.

For the day, 59 species. For the year, we're at an even 150 species.

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland, WA
== http://www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
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