Tweets -; There were only two brief rain showers between 5:00 a.m. (when Matt got there) and 9:00 (when our survey group neared the lake). But those, apparently, were just a prelude. It then drizzled and rained, and occasionally poured, the rest of the morning until we left, rather wet, at 11:00. It was not very birdy at all.
Highlights:
a.. Eurasian Collared-Dove -; two flew over the boardwalk. Our 3rd sighting of the year
b.. Osprey -; two fishing the lake; will be leaving soon
c.. Sharp-shinned Hawk -; one decided to fly towards a tree full of crows first thing in the morning. ???
d.. Cooper's Hawk -; one near Pea Patch
e.. Barn Owl -; I didn't get to the "pre-dawn" owling at the Viewing Mound until 6:50 a.m. Amazingly, Matt was able to show me the morning's only Barn Owl that had just appeared
f.. Western Screech-Owl -; Matt got to see one predawn, south of the East Meadow
g.. HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER -; south end of East Meadow; we've had only 3 fall records for this species
h.. Violet-green Swallow -; flock of about a dozen, seen fairly briefly. First since mid-August, and getting late by dates
i.. Pine Siskin -; a few heard, continuing the string of siskin sightings.
j.. FOX SPARROW -; two, and we even got looks at one of them. First of Fall (FOF)
k.. "Yellowish" Warbler -; Matt saw one, south end of the Dog Meadow, probably Orange-crowned by dates
l.. Yellow-rumped Warbler -; at least two, FOF
m.. Black-throated Gray Warbler -; one (maybe 2) bright males at the south end of the Dog Meadow
n.. Townsend's Warbler -; brief look at one along the slough, FOF
Today's record of PINE SISKIN was our first ever for Week 39, and that fills in the last gap. We can now say that siskins could show up any time, since we've had them (at least once) in each week of the year. This is (if I counted right) the 47th such species. At least 3 other species are very close to fulfilling this requirement.
For the day, counting the "Yellowish" Warbler, 50 species.
= Michael Hobbs
= www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
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BirdMarymoor at gmail.com
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