----- Original Message -----
From: "Ruth Sullivan" <godwit513 at msn.com>
To: "Tweeters" <Tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 11:52 PM
Subject: Rose-breasted Grosbeak & 200 Common TERNS TODAY!!!!!


> Hello Tweeters,
> Today Michael Marsh and I birdied Ocean Shores,do to the tide we decided
> that Bowerman Basin and Ocean Shores would be a better choice for birding
> Did we was right we heard a Grosbeak quite loud singing.We stopped and
> there on a high pine tree was sitting a bird the breast orange and on both
> sides of the flanks ,this bird had large,streaking running down on both
> sides,there was no mistake we had a female ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK.The bird
> disappeared at one time ,and we played a tape,and emededly
> this bird came back to the same pine tree,We spend a lot of time on this
> bird ,and since the sun was so bright,I got few mediocre photos do to the
> real bad lighting.We saw this bird on Fairwood Drive.The other highlight
> where easy 200 Common Terns below the sewage ponds from the small
> jetty.This birds was feeding in a frenzy,the 2 Parasitic Jaeger pursuing
> the Common terns steady for there food.So exiting to watch.
> Here are the other birds we spotted,
> Bowerman Basin:Greater Scaup 50,,Gadwall 5, Ruddy 2,Barn Swallow,Tree
> swallow,Violet-green Swallow,Northern Rough-winged Swallow.Warbling Vireo
> 1, Yellow Warbler Osprey ( on old nest)
> On the board walk: Savannah Sparrows,,Song Sparrows, Bewicks Wren ,Marsh
> Wren,Common Yellowthroads, and Wilson Warblers.
> ON THE JETTY there where to many people there and we saw no Rockbirds ,few
> Gulls and 3 Brown Pelican.
> On Driftwood drive we had 3 Whimbrel feeding the upper beaches and 300
> Sanderlings.
> Brady Loop Road, YELLOW WARBLERS 2, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER 2,BROWN HEADED
> COWBIRD1,
> ORANGE CROWNED WARBLER 1, HAMMOND FLYCATCHER 1,WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE 1
> It was a great day of birding with real HOT SUNSHINE all day!!!!!
>
> Cheers Ruth Sullivan and Michael Marsh
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