Hello everyone,

It’s beginning to look a lot like late fall birding. The Chimney Swifts are gone and the Juncos have arrived in good numbers. The White-throated Sparrows are still working their way south and stopped off to visit us, and Hermit Thrushes were all around. Hopefully a few White-throated Sparrows will stay for the winter. A large flock of Wood Ducks was paddling around in the Columbia Basin and they have regained their full, gorgeous plumage.

A juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron was fishing from a fallen log and was a nice sight to see. Two Great Egrets were hanging out together and looking lovely. We saw raccoon fur in the usual raccoon hole and then got some good looks at the cute face of another one in a tree cavity nearby.

The highlight of the day was a juvenile Red-shouldered hawk that flew in and landed on the big dead tree on the eastern shore of the Wooded Island. It was obviously a young one and looked like it had just rolled out of bed because it’s head feathers were very messy. It was cute! We got some nice looks at it from below. A crow came by to check it out but left it alone. I think it knew that the hawk was too young to be a threat to the crows. Later, it flew across the lagoon and landed in a tree in Bobolink Meadow. It peered at us as we peered at it. It was people watching and we were glad to be watched by this impressive bird.

BIRDERS: Caterina, Luther, Jennie, Marian, Daniela, Val, Gary, Eric, Kristin, Paul, Robert, Simone, Cheryl, Leslie, Roger, Mark C., Kevin, Grace, Bil, Marisa, Jan, Jill, and welcome to Yuzu, Landon, Jen, David, Jesse, Annie, Matt and Kevin.

TIME: 8:00am to noon                      

WEATHER: Low 60s, sunny, breezy

Compiler: Cheryl

Photographers: Marisa, Leslie, Eric, Paul

1. Canada Goose   Number observed: 97

2. Wood Duck   Number observed: 20

3. Mallard   Number observed: 6

4. Green-winged Teal   Number observed: 3

5. Sandhill Crane   Number observed: 4

6. Ring-billed Gull   Number observed: 8

7. Double-crested Cormorant   Number observed: 9

8. Black-crowned Night Heron   Number observed: 1

9. Great Egret   Number observed: 2

10. Great Blue Heron   Number observed: 7

11. Red-shouldered Hawk   Number observed: 1

12. Belted Kingfisher   Number observed: 1

13. Red-headed Woodpecker   Number observed: 1

14. Downy Woodpecker   Number observed: 3

15. Northern Flicker   Number observed: 2

16. Eastern Wood-Pewee   Number observed: 1

17. American Crow   Number observed: 16

18. Black-capped Chickadee   Number observed: 3

19. Ruby-crowned Kinglet   Number observed: 2

20. Golden-crowned Kinglet   Number observed: 2

21. Brown Creeper   Number observed: 1

22. European Starling   Number observed: 8

23. Swainson's Thrush   Number observed: 1

24. Hermit Thrush   Number observed: 5

25. American Robin   Number observed: 12

26. House Sparrow   Number observed: 2

27. American Goldfinch   Number observed: 6

28. Dark-eyed Junco   Number observed: 19

29. White-crowned Sparrow   Number observed: 3

30. White-throated Sparrow   Number observed: 24

31. Swamp Sparrow   Number observed: 4

32. Tennessee Warbler   Number observed: 2

33. Palm Warbler   Number observed: 4

34. Yellow-rumped Warbler   Number observed: 5

35. Northern Cardinal   Number observed: 6

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

Photo credit: Great blue heron by Alexia Svejda