Hi Tweeters,

Tonight I saw a male Indigo Bunting at Emerald Downs in Auburn. It was associating loosely with House Finches near the second pull out where you can first view the big pond past the stream.

It was not found by me but reported to me by Sandy and Kevin who hosted the gray headed form of the Dark-eyed Junco a few years ago. I think they live in Enumclaw if I remember right, I do not have their last name. I fortutiously ran into them where the American Avocet was last seen in Kent and they told me about this bird. It was a life bird for both of them.

To get there take 167 to the north end of Auburn, take the Emerald Downs, 15th street exit, head east. From the north it is the second left then go past the first pull out that is by the edge of the field and down to the second pull out. It was quite active and might take awhile to find, I first saw it in flight. It looked to be a deeper blue than the one in Walla Walla, I got some document type digiscopes of it.

Kathy
Roosting in Kent, near Lake Meridian
(chukarbird at yahoo dot com)