Greetings All,

This morning about 0730 I encountered a group of 6 or 7 Bank Swallows at the SW corner on Brady Loop Road; seems quite noteworthy. I noted about 55 species in a quick 1 hour pass through from Wenzel Slough and Brady Loop. Also of interest was a flock of 33 Whimbrel passing overhead containing a single Marbled Godwit. On the East end of Wenzel Slough there was a wren singing that I at first took as a House Wren, but I could not track it down. It was a bit distant and across the River where the road runs along the river. It could have been one of those Bewicks Wrens that likes to sing reminiscent of the typical PNW House Wren song.

Cheers and good birding
Bill Shelmerdine, Olympia
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