Hi Tweets,

I did not make it down to the Edmonds Bowl either yesterday morning
or this morning. The Land of Nod has been beckoning weary me after a
rough week at work. I did walk Point Edwards last evening and it was
quite birdy, as it was this afternoon. With all the blackberry
blossoms and native shrubs setting fruit, Point Edwards continues to
be the birdiest spot. I have not seen anything other than the
expected resident birds, but it has been nice nonetheless. The
highlight of the waterfront was the 40 Heermann's Gulls on the
marina's south breakwater. The highlight of the Marsh was six Great
Blue Herons, more than I have seen in a long time down there. The
highlight at Point Edwards was seeing the young Mallard continuing
with the Gadwall hen and her brood of six chicks. It is twice the
size of the smallest Gadwall, but seems to have been accepted as part
of the brood. It was odd to see three large hummingbird feeders down
in the gloom of the Willow Creek Hatchery. I had heard rumors of
someone wanting to band hummers and was going to try to lure them
there. It has been only rarely that I have seen a hummer in the
hatchery. The juxtaposition of those monster feeders where there are
no hummers with all the hummingbird activity just up the hill at
Point Edwards struck me as funny.

Public Pier

Great Blue Heron (1 ad.)
Heermann's Gull (40)
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Pigeon Guillemot (2)
Rhinoceros Auklet (2 fly-bys)
Rock Pigeon
Belted Kingfisher (2)
American Crow
Barn Swallow
House Sparrow

Marsh

Mallard
Great Blue Heron (6)
Killdeer (2)
Anna's Hummingbird
Violet-green Swallow
Barn Swallow
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Point Edwards

Mallard
Gadwall
Great Blue Heron
Anna's Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Northern Flicker (2)
Crow
Barn Swallow
Bushtit (1 f.)
Robin
Cedar Waxwing
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird (1 f.)
Purple Finch
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Happy Fourth,

Carol Riddell
Edmonds