Lazuli Buntings breed in a small area around Enumclaw and the Muckleshoot
Reservation, where they are rather common. There are also scattered
breeding records, probably not annual, in the Snoqualmie Valley.

Hal Opperman

At 9:06 AM -0700 07/22/1998, Rob Conway wrote:
>Tweets -
>
>Took advantage of the weather to check out some of the close to home
>bird spots. In Coal Creek Park (Bellevue/Newcastle) I observed 3
>fledgling Lazuli Buntings following an adult male and exhibiting
>"begging" behavior. My references don't show Lazuli Buntings as
>breeding birds in King County - I was wondering if there had been any
>update to these references or other King County breeding records.
>
>I observed 58 species in 2 hours including:
>
>Cedar Waxwings - about 40
>Western Tanagers - 8
>Wood Duck (pair in a tiny pool on Coal Creek)
>Barred Owl
>Saw Whet Owl
>albino Song Sparrow - pink eyes and all
>Ruffed Grouse with half grown young
>Valley Quail with teeny tiny fluffball babies
>Big (40-60) flocks of Bushtits (unusual for this time of year)
>Evening Grosbeak - 5
>Black Headed Grosbeak - 8
>Pileated Woodpecker
>Red Breasted Sapsucker (working over an old apple tree)
>Raven
>Turkey Vultures (3 - did you get that Diane?)
>Northern Goshawk? (or a VERY large female Coop - short observation)
>
>Wilsons, Townsends, BT Grey, & Orange Crowned Warblers
>
>
>& a River Otter - in the pool right next to Coal Creek Parkway.
>
>
>Good Birding to all -
>
>Rob Conway
>Bellevue, WA
>
>robin_conway at hotmail.com
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