Photo: Tennessee warbler by Ben Cvengros

Hello everyone,

I’m happy to report that our resident Black-crowned Night Heron, Osaka, was present in the garden this week, perched in a different tree than usual, and we were happy to see it.

Once again, we had two Spotted Sandpipers on the lily pads in the Columbia Basin. Lots of American Goldfinches were flying about, and our official count of 15 is probably an undercount. We also had a flock of hummingbirds in the meadow which was pretty interesting. An Eastern Kingbird caught a very large cicada and kept whacking the insect on the branch of a bush in preparation to feed the unfortunate cicada to the hungry juvenile waiting impatiently by its side.

The most exciting sighting of the day was of three Cooper’s Hawks near the south bridge. They were young birds, and they spent a lot of time vocalizing to one another and flying around like they were playing. They were great fun to watch.

BIRDERS: Mark C., Lucy, Kristin, Michael, Kevin, Gary, Marian, Mike, Eric G., Trevor, Tracy, Leslie, Marisa, Renate and welcome to Mark R., Mary Beth and David.

TIME: 8:00am to 11:30am                 

WEATHER: Cloudy, low 70s

Compiler: Mike

Photographers: Marisa and Eric        

Canada Goose  Number observed: 52

Wood Duck  Number observed: 12

Mallard  Number observed: 8

Chimney Swift  Number observed: 11

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  Number observed: 5

Spotted Sandpiper  Number observed: 2

Ring-billed Gull  Number observed: 9

Herring Gull  Number observed: 3

Double-crested Cormorant  Number observed: 8

Great Blue Heron  Number observed: 7

Great Egret  Number observed: 2

Green Heron  Number observed: 6

Black-crowned Night-Heron  Number observed: 3

Cooper's Hawk  Number observed: 3

Downy Woodpecker  Number observed: 1

Northern Flicker  Number observed: 2

American Kestrel  Number observed: 1

Least Flycatcher  Number observed: 1

Eastern Kingbird  Number observed: 4

Philadelphia Vireo  Number observed: 1

Warbling Vireo  Number observed: 3

American Crow  Number observed: 8

Black-capped Chickadee  Number observed: 3

Purple Martin  Number observed: 3

Barn Swallow  Number observed: 4

European Starling  Number observed: 1

Gray Catbird  Number observed: 6

American Robin  Number observed: 14

House Sparrow  Number observed: 1

House Finch  Number observed: 1

American Goldfinch  Number observed: 15

Cape May Warbler  Number observed: 1

Magnolia Warbler  Number observed: 1

Yellow Warbler  Number observed: 1

Canada Warbler  Number observed: 1

Northern Cardinal Number observed: 2

If you’d like more information about a bird, check out the All About Birds ID guide:

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/

Corrections, additions and comments are welcome.

Good birding everyone,

Jennie