James and others:

The closest osprey nests to Marymoor Park may be along the Snoqualmie River.
There used to be a regularly active net on the hillside immediately west of
Duvall (probably 8 straight-line miles from Marymoor Park) and there is a
nest at Carnation Marsh, which is roughly the same distance away but to the
southeast.

There is apparently a nest along the east shore of Lake Washington as well but
I think it is even more distant.

Kelly McAllister


On Fri, 26 Jan 1996, James West wrote:

> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 01:06:01 -0800 (PST)
> From: James West <jdwest at u.washington.edu>
> To: Tweeters Bird Forum <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Raptors at marymoor.park
>
>
> In response to Sachiko & Co.'s sighting and Michael Hobbs' comment: in a
> decade of at least weekly visits to Marymoor Park, I've seen female
> Northern Harriers regularly but not a single male. I believe my notes
> would show a couple of summer sightings, but no more than that: as Michael
> suggests, it probably doesn't breed there. However, I'm pretty sure
> Sharpshins do, and Redtails, and of course there's the Bald Eagles' nest.
> I have seen Kestrels there in the breeding season twice, in one case
> actually copulating, but have no idea how close to the park they might
> have been nesting (and it was about six years ago). I've also seen up to
> three Osprey at a time overfly the park. Does anybody have a fix on the
> closest Osprey nest to Marymoor Park?
>
> James West
>
>