Date: 10/12/25 8:43 am From: pan via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] South Meadowlarks' Big Sit, King Cty.
Tweets,
My unofficial tally for yesterday's (11 October) Big Sit in Seattle's Discovery Park was 51 species, a bit shy of our record of 58. Predicted rain mostly didn't, fortunately, but steady south winds probably kept many passerines from our perch on the south edge of the bluff, and may have blunted some active migration. Despite meeting at six, we had no owls this year. Thanks to tips from various points, we did manage to add Short-tailed Shearwater to our history, as the several days' incursion in the Sound continued. Our only jaeger, though, was the vessel, "Northern Jaeger." We missed Elaine C., especially for kind public relations ("Are you looking for whales?"), but we had Neil Z's capable leadership. The snacks were at or better than par, and the raven show was great all day.
Good birding,
Alan Grenon
Seattle
panmail AT mailfence DOT com
Cackling Goose
Northern Shoveler
American Wigeon
Northern Pintail
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
Common Merganser
Rock Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Anna's Hummingbird
Rhinoceros Auklet
Bonaparte's Gull
Heermann's Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Horned Grebe
Common Loon
Short-tailed Shearwater
Pelagic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Steller's Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Bewick's Wren
European Starling
Varied Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Finch
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
Yellow-rumped Warbler
