Carl and Tweets - I have 5 records of Bonaparte's Gull at Marymoor (all
seen flying over the north end of the lake). Two of those sightings were
in June, another in early July:

11-Jun-98
27-Jun-96
04-Jul-96
15-Oct-98
07-Nov-96

Most were sightings of single birds, but 5 were seen on June 27, 1996. To
be fully honest, all but the June 27, 1996 and July 4, 1996 sightings are
marked as Uncertain ID in my records. But those two sightings were
certain, and there was little doubt about the others.

Caspian Terns have been seen more frequently, but the pattern of sightings
is somewhat similar, and I expect both species may be present on Lake Samm
in post-breeding dispersal.

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland, WA
== http://www.scn.org/fomp/birding.htm
== hummer at isomedia.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Haynie" <Carl.Haynie at pluggablelogic.com>
To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 2:57 PM
Subject: Bonaparte's Gull


> Tweets,
>
> Just returned from an interesting outing at Lake Sammamish State Park.
> Amidst the loose dogs and other commotion at "the point", there was this
> small tern-like gull which I photographed and studied at length:
>
> http://www.pluggablelogic.com/aves/lssp/bogu/BonGull.htm
>
> The bird returned several times to this location at the mouth of
Issaquah
> Creek despite being frightened off as many times. It was also seen
flying
> near the boat landing and along the eastern shore of Lake Sammamish.
>
> Is this a first June record for King County? I would appreciate any
> comments about the ageing and identification, especially if I've got it
> wrong! It was certainly a surprise.
>
> Carl Haynie
> Sammamish, WA
> Carl.Haynie at pluggablelogic.com
>