Hi Tweets,

Barbara and I spent around 7 hours yesterday birding from the greenbelt in
West Seattle to Emerald Downs. We logged 58 species, several First Of Year
birds for us. The main thing is: the WILSON'S PHALAROPE was still at the S
204th St pond, accompanied by several GREATER YELLOWLEGS, a half-dozen
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, and a dozen LEAST SANDPIPERS. A SPOTTED SANDPIPER
was at the S 212th St mitigation marsh. We had VIRGINIA RAIL there and at
EMERALD DOWNS.

The best birding was at Lake Fenwick Park, where we found WARBLING and
CASSIN'S VIREOS, ORANGE-CROWNED, WILSON'S, YELLOW-RUMPED (Myrtle),
BLACK-THROATED GRAY, TOWNSEND'S WARBLERS, and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT. We also
found two HAIRY WOODPECKERS, a RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER, an overheated
NORTHERN FLICKER, and several WOOD DUCKS there, too. Oh yes, and a pair of
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS. Can Swainson's Thrush be far behind?

Good Birding!

Paul Webster
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