Good Afternoon Tweets, this is my first post so I hope I do it correctly.

I think Tim?s yard bird codes is a great idea. I?m in Renton as well but a little further West of Tim and right on the Pipeline so I get some interesting birds. Several of the same as those Tim posted but in different numbers and at different intervals, no Hutton?s Vireo yet, and the ?babies? I had this year were amazing. I had a baby Pileated Woodpecker and several juvenile Black-headed Grosbeaks that hung around gorging on home-made suet until it was time to migrate. I have a deck where I have seed, nectar and suet feeders and a hopper feeder in my yard below the deck. Several birds come up to the feeders daily, some hang out in a huge tree next to the deck (Cooper?s Hawk), and some just stay below deck (American Robin.)

My list with yard bird codes:

Category 1 - in my yard any day ? American Goldfinch (25+), Spotted Towee, Black-capped Chickadee, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Northern Flicker, Stellar?s Jay, Bushtits (25+), American Crow, American Robin, Downy Woodpecker, Red-breasted Nuthatch, European Starling (although I make sure they don?t stay long), Dark-eyed Junco, House Sparrows, Anna?s Hummingbird, House Finch, Pine Siskins (regulars when they are here ? have only seen one this year and she didn?t look well so I don?t think she made it)

Category 2 - in my yard on an awful lot of days but not every day ? Red-breasted Sapsucker, Cedar Waxwing (when they are here), Cooper?s Hawk, White-crowned Sparrow, Purple Finch, Golden-crowned Sparrow

Category 3 - in my yard at least once a year, but not an awful lot ? Evening Grosbeak (haven?t seen them yet this year), Golden-crowned Kinglet

Category 4 - Unusual, not every year ? Common Yellowthroat, Varied Thrush, Western Scrub-Jay (only saw once and this was the first year)

Category 5 - not likely to see it again? Osprey, Red-tailed Hawk, Great-blue Heron

-Nina Bohn
Renton