Tweets -; It was gray and moist this morning. No real rain, and only a minute or two of drizzle. But lots of spitting mist. Rather dark too, but warm. We did well for July, seeing pretty much everything we'd expect.

Biggest news is that the INDIGO BUNTING was singing away, this time due east of the heronry in the off-leash area.

Highlights:
a.. Gadwall -; female with 7 small ducklings at Lake Platform
b.. American Coot -; one at lake platform
c.. Spotted Sandpiper -; one at weir -; first in 5 weeks
d.. Caspian Tern -; twice saw single birds flying downstream
e.. Great Blue Heron -; heronry is emptying out. Only a few left in the nests. Not terribly many seen fishing either, so total count way down from recent months
f.. Green Heron -; juvenile seen from Lake Platform
g.. Osprey -; two babies on ballfield light nest in NE part of the park
h.. Cooper's Hawk -; one before 5:30 from Viewing Mound
i.. Barn Owl -; one in East Meadow as late as 5:18
j.. Western Screech-Owl -; one near east end of boardwalk, early
k.. Hairy Woodpecker -; one east of the slough
l.. Swainson's Thrush -; MANY sightings today; they kept landing on the trails. Juveniles? Still lots of singing too
m.. Yellow Warbler -; only one, heard singing. Only warbler besides Common Yellowthroat
n.. INDIGO BUNTING -; for a while, it seemed to be associating with two juvenile buntings. Could the juvies be hybrids???
Major misses today were limited to just Pied-billed Grebe, Rock Pigeon, Steller's Jay, and Cliff Swallow.

For the day, 62 species.

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