Hey Tweets,

I distanced myself up North Fork road out of North Bend this morning (which becomes FR 5700), and came across a pair of Western Bluebirds and a House Wren at an early clear cut. I think Pete Fahey found a pair in this area back in 2013, and a fair number of people in the years that followed, but not for a couple years since. Hopefully they stick around and breed!

The House Wren was a nice surprise, but not all that cooperative! It's a privately owned clear cut, so I wasn't venturing out into it, and was not using any playback to pull the bird in, but got to hear the bubbly, song several times. They've been found up in this area as well.

Just a heads-up that all of the birding needs to happen from the road, where there were a small number of cars, and very drivable until about 11 miles up, where you'd need something with better clearance than a Taurus, or maybe a canoe, to cross a flooded gap in the road.

Cheers,

Tim Brennan
Renton


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