Hi Tweets,

We had what we think are the season's first peeps trickle in this
morning to Edmonds Marsh--two WESTERN SANDPIPERS. Yesterday there
were two AMERICAN PIPITS. The BARN SWALLOWS are back, the VIRGINIA
RAIL and the WILSON'S SNIPE are making appearances. There are also
two active BUSHTIT nests along the red walkway. Last year there were
seven active GREAT BLUE HERON nests. This year there are thirteen.
From the Point Edwards Public Path we saw a TURKEY VULTURE circling
over the vicinity of Yost Park. As we were watching it a CASPIAN
TURN flew towards and then over Point Edwards, coming from inland and
heading toward the Sound. Birds seen this morning:

Public Pier

Rhinoceros Auklet
Bonaparte's Gull
Mew Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Common Loon (1)
Pigeon Guillemot
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Goldeneye
Pelagic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe

Edmonds Marsh

Bewick's Wren
Spotted Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird
White-crown Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Pine Siskin
Bushtit
Killdeer
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Song Sparrow
Canada Goose
Western Sandpiper (2)
House Finch

Willow Creek Hatchery and Point Edwards

American Crow
Song Sparrow
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Anna's Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Violet-green Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Black-capped Chickadee
American Robin
Spotted Towhee
Bufflehead
Gadwall
Orange-crowned Warbler
Turkey Vulture (1)
Caspian Tern (1)
Bald Eagle (1)
House Finch

Carol Riddell
Edmonds