Tweets -

This afternoon, in the middle of running errands, I went to the McLane
Bottoms on Capitol Forest. Not much in the way of waterfowl, but the
Swainson's Thrush and Common Yellowthroat have arrived. I even SAW a
Swainson's! It was kind enough to be waiting for me at the parking lot
next to my truck. Really.

Complete list and notes below...

This report was mailed for Doug Canning by http://birdnotes.net

Temperature: 21 degrees celsius
Prevailing wind speed: < 1 km/h gusting to: 1-5 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 0%
Precipitation: none

Walked a 1.1 mile route around the beaver pond and out & back on the
southerly trail to McLane Creek, 1220 to 1445 pst. Turtles out
sunning: 6. Beaver pond level still up and just slightly overflowing.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 2 [1]
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1
Band-tailed Pigeon (Columba fasciata) 1 [2]
Western Wood-Pewee (Contopus sordidulus) 3
Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) 3
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina)
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 5 [3]
Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) 8 [4]
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 10 [5]
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) 1
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 2 [6]
Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla) 2 [7]
Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) 2 [8]
Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus) 1 [9]
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 10 [10]

Footnotes:

[1] Pair.
[2] In flight.
[3] Heard.
[4] All heard; one also seen.
[5] Heard and/or seen.
[6] Males.
[7] One seen; one heard.
[8] Heard.
[9] Male.
[10] 4 males; 6 females/juveniles?.

Total number of species seen: 16

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Douglas Canning
Olympia, Wash.
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