Subject: [Tweeters] Pierce County highlights
Date: May 5 20:58:28 2011
From: Ryan Shaw - rtshaw80 at hotmail.com



Greetings all,

I stopped by the Riverside Disc Course on Riverside Road in Sumner after work today, and was joined by Charlie Wright for part of the time.? Highlights included:

3:50 - 5:10PM
Vaux's Swift - 50
Hammond's Flycatcher - 6
Pacific-slope Flycatcher - 2
Warbling Vireo - 3
Orange-crowned Warbler - 12
Nashville Warbler - 6!
Audubon's Warbler - 8
Myrtle Warbler - 4
Black-throated Gray Warbler - 3
Wilson's Warbler - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 1

Then stopped by the Spanaway Marsh on 174th off Hwy 7 between 6:30 and 7:20 and had:

Hammond's Flycatcher - 4
DUSKY FLYCATCHER - 1 - nice cooperative individual - called several times.
Cassin's Vireo - 2
Orange-crowned Warbler - 10
Yellow Warbler - 10
Audubon's Warbler - 20
Townsend's Warbler - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 4

Good to see the migrants back in town!

Cheers

Ryan Shaw
Tacoma
rtshaw80 at hotmail.com