Hi all,
Delia and I had a wonderful trip to Spencer Island yesterday by Everett today, where there was an Eastern Kingbird on the north trail on the Spencer Island side. Delia posted results to ebird.

This Kingbird was seriously good-looking, scroll down to the bottom of this link to see the photo, plus some shots of sunbathing Barn Swallows.
http://ednewbold.com/spring-shooting-season-2017/


As per usual with areas that have been preserved for nature in this wonderful Puget Sound Basin, very few people are visiting this area.?

Delia and I have a nice pair of hand-clippers for trimming vegetation, at many points we wished that we had thrown it into the backpack, it would have helped defend against the encroaching blackberries and rose branches and would be more or less necessary for trying to follow the trail that goes north on the Eastern side of the island..
Best wishes,
Ed Newbold ednewbold1 at yahoo.com