Hi tweeters,

I was surprised to see a single Black Swift (in view for 10 seconds)
fly over my yard in Battle Ground, Clark County about a half hour ago.
It was heading southwest towards (presumably) the Vancouver Lake
area. I thought this was pretty late so I checked the Opperman book
and it shows that Black Swift pretty much peeters out to nothing after
dropping to rare in September. Does anyone know what the late dates
are for Black Swift in Washington?

Still loads of Cedar Waxwings. One flock of 65 Greater White-fronted
Geese. Evening Grosbeaks still around but much fewer than in previous
days. Also, the first flock of 16 Pine Siskins. Violet-Green Swallow
and Yellow-rumped Warbler numbers up today.

Ridgefield NWR this morning had 483 fly over Greater White-fronted
Geese between 9-11am. 300 Long-billed Dowitchers and upwards of 24
Pectoral Sandpipers. This was a surprising number of Pecs - groups of
6-8-2-4-3 flying south out of Rest lake with no new birds flying in
from the south. Single Pecs were still on Rest Lake when I checked
shorebirds. A Merlin, Peregrine, and Bald Eagle made Rest Lake not
conducive to much rest for the ducks and shorebirds.

Only been here three years and still asking questions.....

Thanks.

Jim

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Jim Danzenbaker
Battle Ground, WA
360-723-0345
jdanzenbaker at gmail.com