Dear WA Tweeters,



In early July, I posted a RFI to this list seeking advice for our upcoming
trip to Seattle and the Olympic peninsula. An amazing number of people
responded (13!), and everyone provided excellent tips about where to go,
what to see, and whether to lug our scope through airports (your collective
answer was yes, and we are sure glad we did!). Even though our time actively
birding and being in nature was limited to four days, we added 13 life birds
to my list and 15 to my spouse's, and we're already excited about coming
back to the area and staying longer next time.



Species seen between 07/20/2011 - 07/27/2011 are listed below. Please
contact me if you would like info re: location and date(s) for any species.
Also, we realize that our inexperience with Northwestern vs. American Crow
(with a Pacific voice) and Glaucous-winged vs. Western vs. Western x
Glaucous-winged Gull may have led us to some incorrect identifications, but
we think/hope? we got it right.



Canada goose

Mallard

Surf scoter

Common loon

Brown pelican

Double-crested cormorant

Pelagic cormorant

Great blue heron

Bald eagle

Red-tailed hawk

Peregrine falcon

Black oystercatcher

Heermann's gull

Western gull

Western x glaucous-winged gull

Glaucous-winged gull

Common murre

Pigeon guillemot

Rhinoceros auklet

Tufted puffin

Rock pigeon

Vaux's swift

Hummingbird sp.

Belted kingfisher

Downy woodpecker

Hairy woodpecker

Northern flicker

Olive-sided flycatcher

Gray jay

Steller's jay

American crow

Northwestern crow

Common raven

Barn swallow

Black-capped chickadee

Chestnut-backed chickadee

Red-breasted nuthatch

Brown creeper

Bewick's wren

Pacific wren

American dipper

Golden-crowned kinglet

Swainson's thrush

American robin

Varied thrush

European starling

Cedar waxwing

Townsend's warbler (probable, but only seen from underside)

Wilson's warbler

Spotted towhee

Song sparrow

White-crowned sparrow

Dark-eyed junco

Brown-headed cowbird

Red crossbill (probable, but heard only)

American goldfinch

House sparrow



Good birding,



Angela Hoffman & Seth McConchie



Angela M. Hoffman

Knoxville, TN

ahoffman07 at bellsouth.net