Hi all,

First of all, Go Dianna Moore and the Grays Harbor Shorebird Festival!!!

Next, Delia and I went up to Cheasty Road and just birded the short stretch by the Greenbelt Saturday March 22 ?between 3 and 4 pm.? Here's our list:

1. Golden-crowned Kinglet
2. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
3. Brown Creeper, abundant and singing
4. Song Sparrow
5. Am. Robin
6. Am Crow
7. Red-tailed Hawk (perched inside the greenbelt hunting)
8. Red-breasted Nuthatch
9. Downy Woodpecker
10. Steller's Jay
11. Northern Flicker
12. Bewick's Wren
13. Rufous Hummingbird
14. Bushtit
15. Black-capped Chickadee
16. Cooper's Hawk

Then for the second time in a week Delia's alert eyes caught a mammal I missed.? A Mountain Beaver crossed Cheasty Road into the greenbelt.? This may be an abundant mammal, but it was a life-mammal for Delia and would have been my second sighting ever--if I'd seen it.? She described it as looking like a mustelid without the slightest hint of athleticism.

The Parks Dept.?is way out of line on Cheasty.?
Here's a leaflet with five reasons to oppose the conversion of Cheasty Greenbelt into Cheasty Mountain-Bike Mud-Pit.


http://ednewbold.com/5-easy-reasons-to-oppose-parks-attack-on-cheasty/



The meeting is tonight at the Jefferson Community Center at 3801 Beacon Ave. South, Seattle, WA 98108.? 6:30 to 8 pm.?

It would be wonderful if some tweeters came along to enjoy the fun.

Best wishes,

Ed Newbold Wildlife Artist?

ednewbold1 at yahoo.com