This evening I got out the Ft. Lewis area 15 about 8:20 PM and hung out enjoying the wildflowers, sunset, and listening to and watching just a few Common nighthawks “peenting” and flying over the fields and adjacent forest. Lazuli buntings, Savannah sparrows, White-crowned sparrows, American Robins, Western meadowlarks and distant Swainson’s thrush, Black-headed grosbeak, and Western tanager joined the evening chorus and overall it was a great break from a day continuing to prepare to move. TGFB (thank God for birding).