Subject: [Tweeters] King and Snohomish
Date: May 17 21:31:39 2009
From: Marv Breece - mbreece at earthlink.net


Today I birded in King and Snohomish Counties. Started early on old Sno/Monroe Rd near 127th. No ibis to be found. Saw 1 Yellow-headed Blackbird and a nice assortment of ducks. Also 3 Spotted Sandpipers.

Headed for Port Susan where the shorebirding was very good and a group of 8 ibis made up for the early miss.

Port Susan
White-faced Ibis - 8
Trumpeter Swan - 1
Northern Harrier - 1
Killdeer
Long-billed Dowitcher - 7
Greater Yellowlegs - 7
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 1
Western Sandpiper - 8
Least Sandpiper - 1
Pectoral Sandpiper - 2
Dunlin - 2
Wilson's Phalarope - 9
Yellow-headed Blackbird - 4

Monroe Prison
Lazuli Bunting -2 (pair)

Three Forks Natural Area (Snoqualmie)
Swainson's Hawk
Lewis's Woodpecker
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
Bullock's Oriole - 2 (pair)

It was a good day.


Marv Breece
Seattle, WA
mbreece at earthlink.net