Subject: [Tweeters] The Breakfast List
Date: May 22 13:22:12 2009
From: Douglas Canning - dcanning at igc.org


While sitting out to have breakfast (and an excessive amount of coffee)
this morning, I compiled this breakfast list. There's few better ways
to start the day.

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

Low temperature: 13 degrees celsius
High temperature: 18 degrees celsius
Wind direction: Variable
Prevailing wind speed: 1-5 km/h gusting to: 6-11 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 0%
Precipitation: none

Observing, 0810 to 0945 pst, while sitting out to breakfast.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 1 [1]
Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) 2 [2]
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 1 [3]
Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) 2
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 2
Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens) 2
Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) 1 [4]
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 3
Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla) 2 [5]
Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) 1 [6]
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 1
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 1
Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus) 2 [7]
Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus) 3 [8]
Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus) 1

Footnotes:

[1] Heard along creek.
[2] 1 male, 1 female.
[3] Female.
[4] Heard calling occasionally.
[5] Pair.
[6] Singing.
[7] Pair.
[8] No more than 2 males, 1 female at a time.

Total number of species seen: 16

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Douglas Canning
Olympia, Wash.
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