Tweeters,

Thirteen of us visited several sites along the Duwamish today: T-105,
Herring's House, and T-107 parks, as well as Hamm Creek. Although the
weather was cool and a bit foggy at the start, the fog burned off pretty
quickly, and folks were shedding outer garments soon - it's nice to have
sunshine for a change.



Highlights of the 46 species we identified include a well-observed
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER at Hamm Creek, four SPOTTED SANDPIPERS at T-107,
all six regularly occurring Puget lowland swallow species (scattered at
various sites), and several WARBLING VIREOS at T-107 and Hamm Creek.



A lone PIGEON GUILLEMOT flew past us at T-105. Although we didn't see or
hear PURPLE MARTINS at any of the boxes or gourds at T-105, several pairs
were easily visible from Herring's House Park on or near the gourds on
pilings across the water at Kellogg Island.



Besides the Black-throated Gray Warbler, we also saw ORANGE-CROWNED, YELLOW,
WILSON'S, and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS. In particular, we had great views of a
male "butter-butt" that was feeding on insects on the matted vegetation at
the pond area at Herring's House Park. In addition to the warbler, HOUSE
FINCHES and SONG SPARROWS were also feeding there.



One of the species we thought we'd see was Cedar Waxwing. In contrast to
previous years, when there were at least a few by now at Hamm Creek, we
neither heard nor heard any. Chalk it up to a cool, wet Spring, I guess.



May all your birds be identified,



Denis DeSilvis

Roy, WA

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