Greetings Tweets, this weekend we were treated to some great backyard Spring migrants:

30 to 40 Red Crossbills

Video: http://flic.kr/p/eiGqci

1 Western Tanager (First ever at the feeders)

Photograph: http://flic.kr/p/eizfvz

8 to 10 Evening Grosbeaks

Photograph: http://flic.kr/p/eiQVp9

2 Black-headed Grosbeaks

Photograph: http://flic.kr/p/eiQY5u

And also away from the backyard I observed between six and eight American Dippers at a local park.

http://flic.kr/p/eim6wg

Enough to make a birder's heart very happy!

- Regards

Tony Varela
South Puget Sound, WA
tvarela at hotmail dot com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony-v