Tweeters,



On the sunny morning of May 13, while in transit to the Botany Washington
gathering in Spokane, I decided to look for migrant songbirds in North Bend.
Although the numbers of migrants were not high, the species variety was
pretty good, so I thought my list might be of interest. The main area I
birded was on the west edge of town, an area with some tall trees which
included several Bigleaf Maples-- always good for migrants in spring (the
flowers usually have lots of insects).



Partial species list:



Western Wood-Pewee 1

Cassin's Vireo 1

Warbling Vireo 2

Swainson's Thrush 1

Orange-crowned Warbler 1

Nashville Warbler 2

Yellow-rumped Warbler 20 (all Audubon's as far as I could tell)

Yellow Warbler 1

Townsend's Warbler 1

Wilson's Warbler 2

Western Tanager 1

Black-headed Grosbeak 1



I also recorded one COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, but it seemed to be on territory,
not migrating.



Three BLACKTAIL DEER were munching on vegetation close to the road
throughout my observations, and paid me almost no attention at all.



With reference to the recent Nashville Warbler discussion on TWEETERS-the
first Nashville that I detected was singing, as usual for me, although it
was singing a subdued and somewhat incomplete song. If not singing, I might
have missed it!



Seven of these species were new for my year list, which is at least partly
an indication of the lateness of migration. Best of all, 2 species (Cassin's
Vireo and Nashville Warbler) were new for my all-time King County list,
which is slowly creeping toward 200 species.



Sorry this report is late, but I don't own a laptop or cell phone, and
didn't get back from my trip (which extended to Kamloops, BC) till May 19th,
so it would have been late even if I sent it off the day I got home.



Good luck and good birding,



Wayne C. Weber

Delta, BC

contopus at telus.net