hi tweets-further to ryan merrill's sighting of same, yesterday i heard ,then saw 1 BLACK OYSTERCATCHER flying from the spit out towards Camano Island.-this is my first sighting at tulalip. other shorebirds here are 6 SHORT BILLED DOWITCHERS, 5 GREATER YELLOWLEGS,dozens of DUNLINS , 20+ BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS+ a single KILLDEER-today i saw a NASHVILLE WARBLER, another first for me at tulalip--bringing my total species seen in the past 10 years to 166.other birds this week include-COMMON LOON,RED NECKED,WESTERN + HORNED GREBES,DOUBLE CRESTED CORMORANTS, GREAT BLUE HERONS,CANADA GEESE,AMERICAN WIGEONS, MALLARDS, BUFFLEHEADS, COMMON + RED- BREASTED MERGANSERS,SURF SCOTERS,GREEN WINGED TEALS ,COMMON GOLDENEYES,BALD EAGLES,BONA PARTE'S, GLAUCOUS WINGED + MEW GULLS,CASPIAN TERNS, PIGEON GUILLEMOTS,BAND TAILED PIGEONS , MOURNING DOVES,BELTED KINGFISHERS,DOWNY WOOD PECKER,NORTHERN FLICKERS,STELLER'S JAYS,NORTHWESTERN CROWS, TREE,VIOLET,NORTHERN ROUGH WINGED + BARN SWALLOWS,CHESTNUTBACKED CHICKADEES,BUSHTITS,AMERICAN ROBINS,EUR. STARLINGS,SPOTTED TOHWEE, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS,SONG SPARROWS,OREGON JUNCO,REDWINGED BLACKBIRD, HOUSE FINCH,AMERICAN GOLDFINCH + HOUSE SPARROWS--good birding-cheers , maxine reid baconmf at mail.com tulalip bay, wa






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