Tweets - a dozen of us had a nice stroll today. It was sunny, warm (but not
too hot), and the early morning wind died down quickly. The only thing
missing were the birds. Oh, there were some. Just not a lot, and we didn't
get great looks all the time either.

Still, there were a few things to look at:

Matt and Scott enjoyed a BARN OWL early over the East Meadow. Early, BTW,
translates to shortly after 5:00 a.m. I don't think I'd even made it *to*
the shower yet.

CEDAR WAXWINGS were *everywhere*, with several juveniles noted. Sharon
reported possible nest building, though.

A WILLOW FLYCATCHER chased one of those waxwings off a birch branch, then
sat there singing. Fitsbew started to sound more like F You...

Actually, everything was chasing everything. ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRDS were very
apparent all over the park, often chasing one another, and often chasing off
other birds.

We had pretty good looks (at least some of us did) at a RED-EYED VIREO, as
well as WARBLING VIREO, along the southwest edge of the Dog Meadow. We also
had a female WESTERN TANAGER and a *very* yellow ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER,
looking entirely different from the gray-headed ones last week.

At the lake, an OSPREY with a fish was pursued by 3 BALD EAGLES.

Near the mansion, we had a juvenile COOPER'S HAWK that appeared to be
thinking about going after a BROWN CREEPER.

And at the Rowing Club, we had a slinking GREEN HERON, a juvenile, on the
far shore of the pond. Also, an adult male BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK, so
they're not *all* gone yet.

For the day, 53 species.

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland, WA
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