Subject: Marymoor Park Report (King Co. WA) 9/16/99
Date: Sep 16 12:08:18 1999
From: Michael Hobbs - Hummer at isomedia.com


Nobody else came out to join me today on my weekly Marymoor walk, and for the
2+ hours walking the nature trail, nobody missed much. It was heavily
overcast, dark, windless, quiet. Lots of chip notes around, but even though I
tracked down just about every bird I heard or imagined, I didn't come up with
much. I had a paltry 20 species on the weir->lake segment, and just 33 species
over the whole nature trail, with the most exciting being:

Green Heron 2 seen, one with downy head
Wood Duck Flock of 10 at lake
Belted Kingfisher 2 males screaming at lake
Swainson's Thrush 1 seen, maybe 2 others heard
Orange-crowned Wblr. 1 seen well. Possibly more glimpsed.
Lincoln's Sparrow At least 1 in the Pea Patch
White-crowned Sprw. 3+ in the Pea Patch, all imm.
Purple Finch Four, adults and imms.


Then I went over to the Rowing Club, and boy was I in for a few surprises
there!

As I closed my car door, I saw something large and tawny fly out of the parking
lot towards some trees. It was a BARN OWL, out and about in daytime. I
*didn't* chase it, and I still saw it fly 3 times from tree to tree, before it
found a hiding place it liked. I could still see it where it hid (at least a
feather or two).

In the pond on the north side of the trail were 3 Hooded Merganser. In the
trees just east of the pond was at least 1 RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER. I thought I
heard another one.

Then, just on the south side of the trail was a NASHVILLE WARBLER! (probably
first year female)

Otherwise, no grosbeaks, flycatchers, or vireos. LOTS of Cedar Waxwings, TONS
of Common Yellowthroat, and plenty of chickadees, towhees, bushtits, red-winged
blackbirds, robins, and song sparrows.

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland WA
== hummer at isomedia.com