Tweets ? a delightful day, not to cold, mostly sunny, windless. There as early morning fog, and we didn?t see any owls, but sunrise was gorgeous. Fourteen of us rambled around, and managed to see just about everything one might expect on a nice fall day (though our only goose species was Canada).

Highlights (FOF = First of Fall):

American Wigeon One in slough
Green-winged Teal FOF ? 6 north of entrance bridge
Common Merganser Two small flyby flocks
Western Grebe One far out on lake
Northern Harrier One flying all around
Wilson?s Snipe FOF ? 1 near weir, 1 on far side of slough
California Gull FOF ? Ryan Merrill had one
R.-breasted Sapsucker 3 sightings
Pileated Woodpecker 1 in Big Cottonwood Forest
Northern Shrike THREE, incl. 1 along lake shore
Varied Thrush One heard across the slough
American Pipit A few flying overhead
Common Yellowthroat 1 in Dog Meadow
Townsend?s Warbler 1 west of mansion
Red Crossbill Ryan Merrill had 30 fly over
Evening Grosbeak Several ? flyovers

Uncharacteristically, we had really nice looks at the WILSON?S SNIPE. They usually fly off shortly after (or before) we notice them.

We had several accipiter sightings, not all of which we were able to get to species, but we definitely had both Cooper?s Hawk (early) and Sharp-shinned Hawk.

So, nothing rare, but 64 species for the day!

== Michael Hobbs
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