Subject: June 30 Green Lake, Seattle, count (long)
Date: Jun 30 07:59:26 1999
From: Martin J. Muller - MartinMuller at email.msn.com


Greetings,

Did my weekly Green Lake, Seattle, census.
55F, overcast, some rain.
In addition to rain, there's water from the city's (Green Lake & Maple Leaf)
reservoirs flowing into the lake, not sure whether it's "overflow" or
draining of a reservoir before cleaning.

Legend:
before comma = male, then female and when applicable young, with brood sizes
in parentheses; or as indicated. Asterisk indicates note at end.


Pied-billed Grebe 4*
Great Blue Heron 1
Canada Goose 275 adult, 13 gosl.
Domesticated Goose 7
Mallard 109,22,7(6,1)
Gadwall 8,5,1
Domesticated Duck 7
Bald Eagle 1,1,1*
American Coot 2
Killdeer 1
Glaucous-winged Gull 7
Caspian Tern 2
Rock Dove 24
Downy Woodpecker 5
Tree Swallow 6 ad, 2 young*
Violet-green Swallow 30
Cliff Swallow 6
Barn Swallow 40
American/Northwestern Crow 24
Black-capped Chickadee 22
Bushtit 30
Red-breasted Nuthatch 4
American Robin 2
European Starling 30
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Song Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 18
Brewer's Blackbird 9
House Sparrow 66


Pied-billed Grebe:
This is a slow year for PBGRs on Green Lake. Last year on this date there
were 9 active territories on the lake, compared with 2 this year. Cause?
Weather related? I don't know.

Bald Eagle:
Youngster in the nest looking good at almost 10 weeks. Both adults nearby,
the female in the snag-topped fir to the south, the male perched on the
island.

Tree Swallow:
I don't recall ever seeing recently fledged, food-begging young of this
species at the lake. Don't know if this family was raised in the park or
elsewhere. I do know they didn't use the nest boxes we placed for them (but
then nobody else did either, including House Sparrow and European Starling
so presumably the exclusion measures for sparrows and starlings work...yes,
I see the joke about it working too well since no swallows nested in them
either; let's just see what happens next year).

Cheers,
Martin Muller, Seattle
MartinMuller at email.msn.com