I've found Red-eyed Vireos singing in the tall Oregon Ash grove along the
marsh trail at Marymoor every year in late spring. Also good numbers of
Yellow Warblers & Common Yellowthroats, Willow Flycatchers, etc.

Gene Hunn.

On Fri, 17 Feb 1995, James West wrote:

> As one of the two originators of the Marymoor BIRDS thread - thanks,
> Martin! Let me put out two questions to get the avian thread going again.
>
> 1) There appears to be a small number of Marsh Wrens wintering in Marymoor
> in most years. In 1992-93, there was one particularly dense thicket on the
> margin of the grassy area that scolded me in unmistakeably raspy tones
> every time I walked past it from the end of November through early
> February. I'd be interested in other people's observations on wintering
> Marsh Wrens - and perhaps a concerted survey next winter.
>
> 2) How territorial are Belted Kingfishers? Though one often sees several
> of them in close proximity, I've seen in Marymoor a couple of times what
> appeared to be territorial disputes between males. On one occasion, the
> two went head-to-head, beating each other with their wings, while rising
> and falling in a dead perpendicular line, anywhere from practically
> ground zero to about 50'. After a couple of minutes of this, the two went
> off in opposite directions. Any similar observations? As a PS on
> Kingfisher behavior, I watched one at Marymoor who had got his lower
> mandible _through_ his fish, and was determined to extricate it without
> losing his prey. His contortions were amazing, but he persevered for 15
> mins. and finally got the thing down without dropping it.
>
>
> On Fri, 17 Feb 1995 CASSIDYM at delphi.com wrote:
>
> > I was intrigued with the original posting concerning Marymoor and the
> > birding opportunities there. Unfortunately, a good thread went south
> > pretty quickly.
> >
> > Does anyone have something to say about birds at Marymoor?
> >
> > Martin Cassidy
> > cassidym at delphi.com
> > Seattle, WA USA
> >
>