This report was mailed for Wayne Weber by http://birdnotes.net

Date: August 17, 2001
Location: Lake Sammamish State Park, King County, Washington

Wind direction: Variable
Prevailing wind speed: 1-5 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 100%

The following list was tallied from about 7 A.M. to 8:30 A.M. on
Friday, August 17th while I was staying at Issaquah and attending the
American Ornithologists' Union meeting in Seattle. I was too late for
the "early morning birding" at the Montlake Fill, so decided to see
what I could find in Lake Sammamish State Park instead.

As noted by Michael Hobbs at Marymoor Park on August 15 (opposite end
of Lake Sammamish), things were very quiet. The only thing that
seemed a bit unusual to me was the presence of two RED-EYED VIREOS,
both still vigorously singing-- a bit late in the season for this!

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Pied-billed Grebe 1 [1]
Great Blue Heron 1
Green Heron 1
Canada Goose 4
Gadwall 15
Mallard 40
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Ring-billed Gull 5 [2]
Glaucous-winged Gull 4
Belted Kingfisher 1
Northern Flicker 3
Willow Flycatcher 2
Red-eyed Vireo 2 [3]
American Crow 20
Violet-green Swallow 2
Cliff Swallow 10
Barn Swallow 200 [4]
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Bushtit 2
Bewick's Wren 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 20
European Starling 60
Cedar Waxwing 5
Yellow Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 6
Spotted Towhee 2
Song Sparrow 5
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 6

Footnotes:

[1] adult
[2] all juveniles
[3] both singing loudly and vigorously from cottonwoods
[4] actively feeding all over the south end of the lake

Total number of species seen: 30