Yesterday I hiked up into the upper reaches of the Hardy Burn along
Highway 20 in eastern Skagit County. The biggest surprise was a young
male CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD displaying to a female. As has been the
case in each of my previous visits, Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches were
present in the rocks above the main burn. No sign of any Rock Wrens
which I'd seen there on my last visit several years ago. The full
list of birds is copied below.

Ryan Merrill
Kirkland

Sooty Grouse 2 heard one hooting high up around 11, saw one
briefly on ground in high pines on way down
Rufous Hummingbird 15
Calliope Hummingbird 2 imm male displaying to female above main
burn, another sighting of imm male nearby could have been the same
bird, on both males saw the magenta color of the few gorget feathers
that were present, as well as the pale peachy wash on all birds,
wing-to-tail projection not seen (though seen on some of the RUHUs)
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 3
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 1
Olive-sided Flycatcher 3
Warbling Vireo 3
Gray Jay 3
Clark's Nutcracker 4 4+, one juv accompanying parent
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 6 including a flyover flock of three well
above nearly all of the trees, briefly stopped in the one tree when I
pished but then continued on high in air to the east
Brown Creeper 2
Pacific Wren 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 8
Townsend's Solitaire 3 heard, single note call
Swainson's Thrush (Olive-backed) 6 still haven't had a
Russet-backed up there
Hermit Thrush (Western mountains) 6 the one I had a good
front-on-from-above view of was very gray on the back
American Robin 3
Varied Thrush 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 2
Townsend's Warbler 1
MacGillivray's Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 6
Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 12
Western Tanager 2
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Hepburn's) 10 10+, nice view of one
perched, rest on flight including a few overhead showing off
translucent wings, single birds and flocks of 2-3 and 4, heard them
quite a bit.
Cassin's Finch 2 parking lot eating grit with the EVGR
Pine Siskin 8
Evening Grosbeak 50 35 were in parking lot eating grit

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