Subject: [Tweeters] Forbes Road Everett, Stillwater, Montlake Fill 7/19/09
Date: Jul 19 22:30:34 2009
From: Doug Parrott - bird_cage at msn.com


Hi Tweets,
It was a full day. I was up in Everett at Forbes Road at 7:00 am this morning. The highlights for this location were as follows:
American Bittern flying over the dike
Long & Short billed Dowitchers approx 30
Spotted Sandpipers
Western or Least Sandpipers too far to ID
Bullocks Oriole
Swainsons Thrush
Eastern Kingbird fledglings (two from nest that I have been monitoring for the last two months.)

At around 11:30 I was at Stillwater attempting to photograph the elusive American Redstart. I was successful in catching the female. I did see the male but it was too far away and too quick for me. I'll be back!! This is the 5th time I've been out there and finally got a photo. I have however seen them on 3 other occasions. There was also a very curious Bewicks Wren who got to within 10 ft of me, gave me the Bronx Cheer, then took off. I also captured a BC Chickadee trying to get a sun tan. That's a first for me.

Around 2:00 pm I was home, at the Montlake Fill. To my delight there were three Long-billed Dowitchers and Least Sandpipers at the north end of the Central Pond. In addition at the Southwest Pond the fledged Pied-billed Grebes were putting on a trying to eat show. The parents caught a pretty big fish and the kids were attempting to gobble it up. It was pretty humorous watching them. Photos at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/birdhouse_wa/sets/72157621718445234/<http://www.flickr.com/photos/birdhouse_wa/sets/72157621718445234/>