Tweets and Obols,

This afternoon at about 4:30 I heard a loud bird outside and went out back to check it out. Once outside I recognized the call as that of a Blue Jay, and after only a minute of my best immitations I called him right to the deck rail. Pretty exciting to see. I went back into the house to get a camera and when I returned the bird had gone down the hill and wasn't going to come back across. I'll watch for him later in the week.

Also Wednesday and Thursday in the late afternoon I had both Black-Chinned and Calliope Hummers at the feeders. I'm guessing the heavy rain (home weather station measured 7.97 inches between 6 AM on May 21 and 6PM on May 25) drove these birds west and down out of the mountains. Nice to see, but hope they get back up into the hills soone.

Rob


Rob Conway
Camas, WA
45.58?N 122.44?W - elevation 310 ft.
robin_birder at hotmail.com