Tweets -; yesterday we met under dark misty skies, and it took forever to get even slightly brighter. It was very quiet, and we had to work hard to find birds. But although this is the "doldrums", birds are beginning to be on the move.

Highlights:
a.. Gadwall -; female in slough, amazingly our first Gadwall since early June
b.. Green Heron - 2+, with a juvenile seen well above the weir
c.. Osprey -; chicks getting very large. Also saw an adult with a HUGE fish; probably a cutthroat
d.. Barn Owl -; one near model airplane field, 5:30ish
e.. Western Screech-Owl -; 2 or 3 heard, adult seen very well at 5:20am south of East Footbridge
f.. - Five woodpecker day -
g.. Pacific-slope Flycatcher -; three sightings, prob. at least 2 birds
h.. Purple Martin -; gourds appeared empty. Did see ~6 birds flying to the SE
i.. EVENING GROSBEAK -; female flew overhead calling
j.. CHIPPING SPARROW -; two juveniles at the south end of the East Meadow
k.. Black-throated Gray Warbler -; nice adult male at south end of Dog Meadow
Around 5:45 a.m., Matt and I heard what sounded like two calls from a shorebird, possibly a Least Sandpiper, but we never saw the bird, nor heard it again.

Misses included Rock Pigeon, Vaux's Swift, Killdeer, Violet-green Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Bushtit, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Marsh Wren, Red-winged Blackbird, Wilson's Warbler, and Black-headed Grosbeak (though we may have heard one).

Throughout the day there were birds that "got away", either heard or seen too indistinctly for positive ID. Still, we managed 56 species.

Last week, on 2019-08-01, we had our first PIED-BILLED GREBE since May, -;no gulls-, and an EASTERN KINGBIRD in the East Meadow. Like this week, we finished with 56 species.

== Michael Hobbs
== www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
== BirdMarymoor at frontier.com
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