Tweets - I made a run down Whidbey Island today, taking advantage of the
partial rain shadow at the north end. It rained on and off, but was mostly
just cloudy.

My first stop was Cranberry Lake in Deception Pass State Park. OLIVE-SIDED
FLYCATCHERS were singing all over, as were WILSON'S WARBLERS and SWAINSON'S
THRUSH. I heard my first (but certainly not my last) HOUSE WREN singing
there as well. The real surprise were three BLACK SWIFTS that came in about
7:30 and were foraging over Cranberry Lake.

I walked Ala Spit (NE corner of Whidbey), and turned up a SPOTTED SANDPIPER.

Dugwalla Bay had a good assortment of ducks that included a male CINNAMON
TEAL and a pair of BLUE-WINGED TEAL, as well as more SPOTTED SANDPIPERS.
There was also an ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD on top of some blackberries along the
road.

>From the Rocky Point picnic area at the north end of Joseph Whidbey State
Park, I had COMMON, PACIFIC, and RED-THROATED LOONS, with a nice
breeding-plumage Pacific close to shore. There was also a flock of
SANDERLING with some bird still in winter plumage and others in full
breeding colors.

Libbey Beach Park had my first EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE and more OLIVE-SIDED
FLYCATCHERS, as well as another HOUSE WREN. I had not realized they are so
widespread on Whidbey now.

At the pond on Boon Rd. (just north of the intersection of SR-20 and Hastie
Lake Rd)., there were two SORA calling to each other, and another pair of
BLUE-WINGED TEAL.

Crocket Lake had about 20 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS mixed with WESTERN SANDPIPERS.

Deer Lagoon had a single WHIMBREL on the dry mud at low, low tide.

For the day, 99 species.

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland, WA
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