Subject: Young Birder's Journal Entry #4 and #5
Date: Mar 29 11:20:14 1996
From: Dean Drugge - drugged at belnet.bellevue.k12.wa.us


Our school system was down this last week and we missed an entry. Here
are two entries from our weekly trips to Marymoor Park.

#4 (28 species this week, a record so far)

3/21/96, Thursday Marymoor Park Sunny. Temp. 68 degrees
Observers: 8 Time: 1-3 p.m.
We saw three red-tailed hawks. The first one was about 50 feet from a
NOHA. The NOHA came down about three times (close to us). The second
RTHA we saw was soaring around in the sky. The third, when we were
heading back, the hawk flew up from on the ground up to a tree.

Marisa
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3/21/96, Thursday Marymoor Park Sunny, temp. 68 degrees
Observers: 8 Time: 1-3pm
The violet green swallow, the first sign of Spring. Over the marsh area
at Marymoor park we saw one. These are the very beautiful swallows that are
only in the first sign of spring.

Noelle
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3/21/96, Thursday Marymoor Park Sunny, temp. 68 degrees
Observers: 8 Time: 1-3 pm
On the way home we saw a bird that we could not identify: long beak,
light brown breast. It turned out to be a Northern Flicker. We all felt
like fools and laughed.

Jesse
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3/21/96, Thursday, Marymoor Park. Sunny sky, temp. 68 degrees
observers 8 time: 1 to 3pm
On a small tree I saw a Downy Woodpecker making holes in the tree. I was
really astonished to hear the noise of the pecking woodpecker.

Why was the sound so hard?
Dema Shevelenko

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#5 (33 species this week, a record for us) Before we went to Marymoor
Park we stopped by Lake Sammamish to see where the creek at our school
drains into the lake. We were surprised that two large apartment
buildings existed on either side of the creek. Each complex was
within 10 feet of the bank. We wondered how this happened, and imagine it
wouldn't happen if they were built today. Or at least we hope this would be the
case. I was told that salmon used to come up this creek, back in the
salmon days. We were also amazed how some species of birds still exist in
such small spaces and habitat. (RSTO, FOSP, SOSP, RCKI, BCCH) Of course
the larger species are left to find larger habitats. We left for MaryMoor.

3/28/96, Thursday Marymoor Park Clear sky. 45-50 degrees.
Time: 4-6:30 pm Observers: 6
We were looking around at the water at Marymoor when through the scope at
the other end of the water we saw a bird with a red neck, white face, and
it had a small tuft of black on the head and was dining. We id it as a
Red-necked Grebe. Are they common around here?

Tyson
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3/28/96, Thursday Marymoor Park Clear to cloudy, 55 degrees, windy.
We saw a "NOHA" flying over the lake and the marsh wetlands flying bumpy,
not so smooth, back and forth on the lake. I felt like I could touch the
bird.

We saw two harriers. I want to know what is the difference between
female and male when they fly?

Dustin
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3/28/96, Thursday. Marymoor Park. Slight trace of clouds. 55 degrees.
While on the trail our class spotted a bald eagle's nest with a BAEA
nesting in it. We saw its mate close to the nest, probably huntig for
the other BAEA.

How long does it take for the BAEA eggs to hatch?

Connor
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