Tweets - finally a summery day! Still a cool 50 degrees to start, but by
10:30, it approached 70. And there was sun. Fairly birdy too.

The most notable highlight was the LEAST FLYCATCHER, still singing
incessantly from the grove on the north side of Dog Central, the main dog
swim beach with the bulletin board and benches. This bird has remained in
this tiny grove of willows and cottonwoods for 8 days at least, and he might
be settled down for longer.

Other highlights:

Green Heron Two flew down the slough early
Caspian Tern One over the lake
Purple Martin One female heading towards the lake
Wilson's Warbler One across the slough from the windmill
Bullock's Oriole Several sightings

There are lots of baby birds about, which provided us with strange noises to
track down. We had a both MALLARD and WOOD DUCK ducklings, a young WILLOW
FLYCATCHER huddled on a branch, juvenile TREE SWALLOWS on dead twigs hanging
over the slough, and near the start of the boardwalk there was an adult and
a juvenile RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER, among many others.

An Eastern Kingbird was seen as recently as Tuesday. The Ash-throated
Flycatcher has not been seen since Saturday, to the best of my knowledge.

Still no Red-eyed Vireo. And I don't believe Lazuli Bunting have been seen
since June 12. These are two species that we usually have regularly in the
summer.

For the day, 61 species.

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland, WA
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