Carl

I have just got back from State Park and all was quiet except for a few song
sparrows, marsh wrens in the wetland area from the boat-ramp and a solitary
common yellowthroat, first I have seen there this year, I counted around 56
herons, so you had a good exhibition yesterday, no Swainson's thrush either
but unusually quiet most places.

Martyn

Martyn Stewart
Birds Sounds Digitally Recorded at:
http://www.naturesound.org
N47.65543 W121.98428
Redmond. Washington. USA
Make every Garden a wildlife Habitat


-----Original Message-----
From: TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu
[mailto:TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Carl Haynie
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 10:22 AM
To: Tweeters
Subject: Herons and Slate-colored Junco at LSSP

Tweets,

I counted 62 herons on the heronry in Lake Sammamish State
Park yesterday. I also photographed a gorgeous "Slate-
colored" Junco in the park. But while I was able to study
it at close range, I had difficulty obtaining a decent
photo. The best is here:

http://www.pluggablelogic.com/aves/SlateColoredJunco.htm

Nice gray sides and upperparts without a hint of brown tones
anywhere in the plumage.

Looked for the Swainson's Thrush (within eyesight of the
Microsoft buildings) without success though its been more
than a week since it was reported by Martyn Stewart. I
added a link to its March occurrence symbol in the checklist
to information about the record and his recording of the
song.

Lastly, Houston Flores had a Northern Shrike in the back end
about a week ago.

Carl Haynie
Sammamish, WA
http://www.pluggablelogic.com/aves/lssp/