The morning dawned absolutely gorgeous, with not a cloud in the sky, the almost-full moon setting, along with Jupiter, and  Mt. Rainier shining in the morning sun.  And then the weather changed.  By 9:00 a.m., we had a thick overcast, and by a little after 10:00, it was starting to drizzle a touch.  It was not tremendously birdy, but there were several nice highlights:

Green Heron                         At least 3 juveniles, lots of looks
American Kestrel                   New for '10.  NE corner of the park
Pileated Woodpecker            One landed near the mansion, another called
Orange-crowned Warbler      3+, including singing male
Yellow Warbler                     3+, including singing male
Black-throated Gray Warbler 3+, male and female/juv.
Wilson's Warbler                   2 males, faint singing
Common Yellowthroat           Still abundant

We had low numbers, but still fairly good diversity of our breeding birds, including 1 RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, 1-2 WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE, 5+WILLOW
FLYCATCHER, 2+ SWAINSON'S THRUSH heard (and Matt & Scott reported more pre-dawn, which were probably migrants), 1+ SAVANNAH SPARROW, and 1 BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK.

While we did have a male PURPLE MARTIN flying high over Dog Central, they appear to be done with the gourds for the year.

For the day, 54 species, with Kestrel new for the year.

== Michael

Pileated Woodpecker atop whip snag south of the mansion.  Photo by Ollie Oliver

Juvenile male Common Yellowthroat.  Photo by Lillian Reis