Tweeters,Spent the morning birding the Mount Vista woodlands and meadows. There are some very nice trails along Mill Creek for birding, with hardly anyone on them. Nice to have 35 bird species right out the "office" door. Bird List:Red-shouldered Hawk - 1American Kestrel - 1Killdeer - 2Mourning Dove - 1Great-horned Owl - 1 HY bird wading around in the creek bathing for ~ 20 minutes and generally having fun (at least it looked fun to me) Vaux's Swift - 1Belted Kingfisher - 2Downy Woodpecker - 1Pacific-slope Flycatcher - 5Stellar's Jay - 2W. Scrub-Jay - 5Barn Swallow - 3Black-capped Chickadee - 2Chestnut-backed Chickadee - 14Bushtit - ~ 15Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2Bewick's Wren - 1Winter Wren - 1Swainson's Thrush - 3American Robin - 8E. Startling - 1 too manyCedar Waxwing - 5 flycatchingOrange-crowned Warbler - 1Western Tanager - 2Spotted Towhee - 1Chipping Sparrow - 1Savannah Sparrow - 3Song Sparrow - 20Dark-eyed Junco - 2Lazuli Bunting - 2Brown-headed Cowbird - 2Purple Finch - 3House Finch - 1American Goldfinch - 4Cheers,Tyler HicksRidgefield, WA<><><><><><><><><><><><><><>Tyler L. Hicks
Ph.D. Candidate Washington State University VancouverE-mail: tyler_hicks at wsu.eduWeb Page: http://thingswithwings.org<><><><><><><><><><><><><><>"We were certainly uncertain. At least, I'm pretty sure I am." - Modest Mouse


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