Hi Tweeters,

What a couple of glorious days.

Photos at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/birdhouse_wa/sets/72157624142795717/<http://www.flickr.com/photos/birdhouse_wa/sets/72157624142795717/> Best viewed as slide show or large size.

Yesterday I visited Fobes Road and walked the Dike along the Snohomish River. I then went further north to Skagit Co. and walked the the Gun Range area.
Highlights include:
Fobes Road:

Yellow Warblers
numerous Willow Flycatchers
Black-headed Grosbeaks calling none seen
abundant Marsh Wrens
Lots of Rufous Hummingbirds
The Whit, Whit of Swainson's Thrush
Osprey cruising the area
Virginia Rail heard
Eastern Kingbirds

Gun Range Fir Island

Numerous Yellow Warblers
One Orange Crown Warbler
Downey Woodpecker
Swainson's Thrush
Black-headed Grosbeaks
Cedar Waxwings
Observed a Song Sparrow feeding a fledged Brown-headed Cowbird

Magnuson Park:

Spotted Sandpiper
Virginia Rail

Yost Park

Barred Owl
Pileated Woodpecker

Good Birding
Doug Parrott
Edmonds Wa
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