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<blockquote data-quote="MKinHK" data-source="post: 3409377" data-attributes="member: 21760"><p>The jetlag between Hong Kong and the US West Coast is an utterly relentless stone cold bitch. The upside is that in May dawn breaks at 5am - which means I only had to wait between two and three hours staring at a black ceiling before heading out to go birding. </p><p></p><p>The first day I arrived I had no sleep on the flight and was literally too tired to think. Having missed the bus to get to the boat to look for Orcas out of Anacortes by not more than a couple of minutes, I barely had energy for a short walk around the grounds of the excellent <a href="http://www.cedarbrooklodge.com" target="_blank">Cedarbrook Lodge</a> which sits on a small flooded woodland on the edge of a lake just to the west of SeaTac International Airport. I picked up a black-hooded <strong>“Oregon” Dark-eyed Junco</strong> singing from the top of a fir tree, an <strong>American Robin</strong> and a friendly family party of <strong>Bewick’s Wrens</strong>, lurking in the undergrowth, a pair of <strong>Bushtits</strong>, grey-brown passerines with a jizz part-way between long-tailed Tits and Penduline Tits, several <strong>American Crows</strong> and a very inquisitive <strong>Song Sparrow</strong>.</p><p></p><p>Next morning I peered through the curtains just as it was getting light to find a <em><strong>Rabbit </strong></em>cropping the grass on the lawn outside. Over the next couple of hours the overcast and drizzly dawn gradually revealed a nice range of woodland birds. The first of these were a pair of <strong>Steller’s Jays</strong>, deep indigo blue with azure wings and a short triangular crest, busily collecting dry moss and rootlets from the base of a tree – doubtless to line their nest. Other birds nearby included a <strong>Spotted Towhee</strong> calling from the top of a fir, male and female <strong>Brown-headed Cowbirds</strong>, both <strong>Dark-capped</strong> and <strong>Chestnut-backed Chickadees</strong>, a pair of <strong>Warbling Vireos</strong>, two <strong>Orange-crowned Warblers</strong>, and best of all a stunning yellow <strong>Wilson’s Warbler</strong> with smart black crown spot. A lovely male<strong>Black-headed Grosbeak</strong> singing from an exposed perched provided a fine finale before diving into the conference for the day.</p><p></p><p>Cheers</p><p>Mike</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MKinHK, post: 3409377, member: 21760"] The jetlag between Hong Kong and the US West Coast is an utterly relentless stone cold bitch. The upside is that in May dawn breaks at 5am - which means I only had to wait between two and three hours staring at a black ceiling before heading out to go birding. The first day I arrived I had no sleep on the flight and was literally too tired to think. Having missed the bus to get to the boat to look for Orcas out of Anacortes by not more than a couple of minutes, I barely had energy for a short walk around the grounds of the excellent [URL="http://www.cedarbrooklodge.com"]Cedarbrook Lodge[/URL] which sits on a small flooded woodland on the edge of a lake just to the west of SeaTac International Airport. I picked up a black-hooded [B]“Oregon” Dark-eyed Junco[/B] singing from the top of a fir tree, an [B]American Robin[/B] and a friendly family party of [B]Bewick’s Wrens[/B], lurking in the undergrowth, a pair of [B]Bushtits[/B], grey-brown passerines with a jizz part-way between long-tailed Tits and Penduline Tits, several [B]American Crows[/B] and a very inquisitive [B]Song Sparrow[/B]. Next morning I peered through the curtains just as it was getting light to find a [I][B]Rabbit [/B][/I]cropping the grass on the lawn outside. Over the next couple of hours the overcast and drizzly dawn gradually revealed a nice range of woodland birds. The first of these were a pair of [B]Steller’s Jays[/B], deep indigo blue with azure wings and a short triangular crest, busily collecting dry moss and rootlets from the base of a tree – doubtless to line their nest. Other birds nearby included a [B]Spotted Towhee[/B] calling from the top of a fir, male and female [B]Brown-headed Cowbirds[/B], both [B]Dark-capped[/B] and [B]Chestnut-backed Chickadees[/B], a pair of [B]Warbling Vireos[/B], two [B]Orange-crowned Warblers[/B], and best of all a stunning yellow [B]Wilson’s Warbler[/B] with smart black crown spot. A lovely male[B]Black-headed Grosbeak[/B] singing from an exposed perched provided a fine finale before diving into the conference for the day. Cheers Mike [/QUOTE]
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