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PostSat Apr 22, 2017 11:27 am 
Not my back yard, but I saw a bunch of eagles soaring around Oyster Dome yesterday. I'd been there before and don't remember seeing any. They are definitely there now. Ravens too. Provided good entertainment while soaking up some sunshine at the top.

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PostThu Apr 27, 2017 2:06 pm 
FOS Pacific-slope flycatcher calling yesterday. smile.gif Osprey are gathering nesting material.

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PostThu Apr 27, 2017 5:44 pm 
Saw my first mallard ducklings of the year at Boeing Creek Park this afternoon. Tiny little things. Heard an owl in the park (don't know my owl calls, don't know which kind), then heard one a few blocks away up the hill. I visit that park frequently, for probably about a decade now. Don't remember ever seeing a rabbit. Today I saw two. I think wild cottontails rather than feral domesticated rabbits. Plenty of cover for them, right by a patch of blackberry, Scotch broom and other shrubbery.

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PostThu Apr 27, 2017 6:34 pm 
Saw no fewer than 20 Western Bluebirds this week

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PostThu Apr 27, 2017 8:34 pm 
DIYSteve wrote:
Saw no fewer than 20 Western Bluebirds this week
Saw a bunch outside our room in Hood river the last couple of days along with Stellar jays

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PostFri Apr 28, 2017 12:16 am 
mike wrote:
along with Stellar jays
There's a few Stellars, but mostly scrub jays on the other side of the river at my parents' house in White Salmon.

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PostFri Apr 28, 2017 7:57 am 
Now that you mentioned it and I checked what we were seeing were CA scrub jays NOT blue birds.

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PostFri Apr 28, 2017 11:00 am 
mike wrote:
Now that you mentioned it and I checked what we were seeing were CA scrub jays NOT blue birds.
Blue birds on steroids! Those guys aren't small. Or quiet.

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PostFri Apr 28, 2017 3:13 pm 
We've had Roufus hummingbirds for years, particularly when the feeders started going out. . . We saw the occasional Anna and then we started leaving the feeders out over the winter as the Annas continued to hang around (on cold nights, they would roost on the front porch light - LED, poor guys. . .). For the first few years, the Roufus dominated the feeders, but the year before last (after the Annas were there all winter), it was more of a draw. This year, we saw a Roufus or two in March (as always), but they haven't stayed. I don't know if the Annas have won the territorial war, or if this is just a low year in the Roufus population. Anyone else notice a dearth of Roufus this year? We're south of Issaquah, adjacent to Tiger/Taylor.

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PostSat Apr 29, 2017 9:47 am 
olderthanIusedtobe wrote:
mike wrote:
Now that you mentioned it and I checked what we were seeing were CA scrub jays NOT blue birds.
Blue birds on steroids! Those guys aren't small. Or quiet.
nor thrushes wink.gif

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PostWed May 03, 2017 1:16 pm 
Pretty sure I saw a pair of white crowned sparrows in my back yard. Honestly can't ever remember seeing them around my neighborhood before. Right after that a couple of Oregon juncos were eating dandelions gone to seed. Don't recall seeing anything eat those before either. I always assumed dandelions were dispersed by the wind, but if you can get a bird to do the dispersing, that works too.

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PostThu May 04, 2017 11:13 am 
olderthanIusedtobe wrote:
Pretty sure I saw a pair of white crowned sparrows in my back yard.
Highly likely. They are abundant in most of WA this time of year in a wide range of habitats. Adults have very distinctive field marks on the head. We saw them daily in our back yard this time of year through mid-summer in West Seattle. Listen for the males this time of year through mid-summer (W of crest). Lovely song. Speaking of songs, I've been hearing Sage Thrashers over here near our new home E of the crest.

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PostThu May 04, 2017 8:21 pm 
Saw and heard several varied thrushes up the Suiattle River trail today. Was hoping for hermit and/or Swainson's, but no such luck.

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PostFri May 05, 2017 8:15 am 
Swainson's Thrush migration into WA peaks in June. I do not recall ever hearing a Swainson's Thrush earlier than June that far north. As you likely know, the sweet spot of Hermit Thrush zone is higher in the montane forest zone and up into the subalpine, although they do sometimes breed lower down. I have not yet heard one this year, but I expect to hear hundreds of Hermit Thrush songs in the next couple months.

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PostFri May 05, 2017 11:27 am 
I don't quite have it dialed in when I typically hear each type of thrush each year. I always look forward to the hermit's. Most of the time I first hear them in the Teanaway or around Leavenworth, haven't been over there yet this spring. I seem to recall a few days where I've heard the trifecta of hermit, Swainson's and varied during a hike.

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