Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Juanita_Bay_Park_-_August_22=2C_2003?=
Date: Aug 23 00:32:30 2003
From: Ryan Merrill - merrillr at bc.edu
I spent several hours at Juanita Bay Park this afternoon, finding 46 species including my first Black-throated Gray Warbler at the park and my second Pacific-slope Flycatcher at the park. The bay was literally swarming with swallows. Everywhere that is covered in lilies (and that is a large area) was covered in mostly Barn Swallows, as well as Violet-Green SWALLOWS and Cliff Swallows. There was also at least one Vaux's Swift and a Northern Rough-winged Swallow. Several times a large amount of swallows (~100) would settle in a tree, only to be startled and all fly out at once. It was very impressive to see so many swallows all together.
Highlights between 4:30-7:00:
Center Boardwalk:
300+ Barn Swallow
25 Violet-Green Swallow
15 Cliff Swallow
1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1-2 Vaux's Swift
1 Sora - immature that has been active the past few weeks in mud off the center boardwalk
1 Pacific-Slope Flycatcher - seen briefly in willows halfway out center boardwalk
2 Osprey - calling while soaring over the bay
1 Double-crested Cormorant
25-30 WOOD Ducks
In a flurry of activity that included 11 species:
1 Black-throated Gray Warbler
1 Wilson's Warbler
1 Western Wood-Pewee
This past Sunday there was a Northern Pintail in the bay and several WESTERN TANAGERS on the west boardwalk.
Good Birding,
Ryan Merrill
Kirkland, WA
merrillr AT bc.edu
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