Good birding, with over 40 species. Highlights:

Black-throated Gray Warbler Only my third Marymoor sighting ever.
Nashville Warbler ??? Pretty sure we saw one amongst the Yellowthroats.
Spotted Sandpiper A couple were working through the lily pads.
Cooper's Hawk Mobbed by crows high above Clise Mansion.
Brown Creeper Unusual to find one near the boardwalk where there
are no conifers. Usually only near the mansion.
Cedar Waxwing Found an active nest (saw changing of the guard).
Brown-headed Cowbird imms. Uncertain of the hosts, but I believe one
was
Cedar Waxwing and the other was Spotted Towhee.

I am intrigued by the Waxwing nest. We saw other waxwings nesting at
the end of June and juveniles by mid-July, so I presume this is a second
brood. At this time of year, there are NO adult cowbirds at Marymoor.
I wonder if waxwings who are parasitized by cowbirds ever abandon the
nest and try again later when the cowbirds have left. They could have
much better success now.

>== Michael Hobbs
>== Redmond WA
>== mikeho at microsoft.com
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