Tweets - a dozen of us spent an enjoyable morning at beautiful Marymoor
Park, with Mt. Rainier glowing to the south. We had sunshine and broken
clouds, just a touch of wind, temps a bit cooler than we might have wished
for but just barely. The summer birds were definitely about, and we spent
a lot of time watching juvenile birds of many, many species. This is a
fun time for interesting juvenile behavior and tricky ID challenges.

Highlights:

Green Heron Saw 2, on near RC dock, on lake
Caspian Tern 1 flew north over slough
Rufous Hummingbird ONLY 1 - must have moved to mtns
Purple Martin Checked early and found 2 on boxes
Brown Creeper 1 SW of mansion
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 heard east of mansion
Bullock's Oriole Female near windmill

Nesting and young:

Mallard F w/5, w/1, w/2.
Wood Duck 1 solo juvie, F w/1
Red-tailed Hawk 2 juvies on branches below odd-snag nest
Osprey Both adults at nest, young too? (hard
to see)
Red-breasted Sapsucker Saw 3, including a juvie
Downy Woodpecker Male feeding juvie, F excavating nest
Western Wood-Pewee Adult on nest
Tree Swallow Adults feeding young at box, many fledged
Violet-green Swallow Many fledged young
Barn Swallow Many fledged but begging young
Cliff Swallow Gathering nest material
Bewick's Wren Imm. noted
Golden-crowned Kinglet Adult feeding young SW of mansion
Swainson's Thrush Gathering nest material
American Robin Adult feeding young, many spotties
European Starling Adult feeding young, many juvies
White-crowned Sparrow 5 young N of Pea Patch
Dark-eyed Junco Several imms, esp. around mansion
Red-winged Blackbird Abundant, many appeared imm.
Brown-headed Cowbird At least a few juvies noted
American Goldfinch Adult feeding young

Several of the young ducks were fairly well grown - Brian Bell used the
term "ducklets", which I thought fit wonderfully.

Most of the WILLOW FLYCATCHERS were silent.

Singing RED-EYED VIREO and WARBLING VIREO once again escaped being seen.
Sneaky devils. Did manage nice looks at a male YELLOW WARBLER, a few
BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK, and several SWAINSON'S THRUSH.

HOUSE FINCHES were numerous and in large flocks, and the flocks seemed to
be segregated by gender and/or age, with one flock of 30+ notably
containing ZERO adult males, and many adult males together near model
airplane park. Perhaps 80 total?

Finally, we had a TOWNSEND'S CHIPMONK, our first chipmonk we've ever had
at Marymoor.

For the day, 58 species. For the year, still at 122.