Subject: Llama Lake Sightings (Sammamish, King Co.)
Date: Apr 18 21:28:36 2004
From: Houston Flores - houstonflores at hotmail.com


Another birdy week at Llama Lake. I went (with my mom) on both Friday and
Sunday. Now that migration is underway, I am going to try to go a couple
times a week...I would hate to miss anything good! Here are the highlights
for today and Friday:

Canada Goose w/ goslings
Cooper's Hawk
Greater Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
American Pipit
Yellow-rumped Warber

There were 3 Least Sandpipers hanging out together in the northwest
section of the lake today. These are the first ones we've seen since last
fall.
The Greater Yellowlegs continued to be seen running laps around the lake.
Snipes have been quite conspicous lately...I've gotten so used to them
hiding in the grass, it's weird to see them walking around out in the open.
There were ~15 pipits on both Friday and Sunday. These are the first ones
we have seen at Llama Lake. Today they were in the retention ponds, just
north of the lake. These ponds filled up maybe a quarter of the way over
the winter, and now they are really muddy, but they will probably dry out
within the next month.
On both Friday and today, there were a lot of Yellow-rumped Warblers of
both types (Audubon, Myrtle). All in all, a fun couple of days!

By the way, I have updated the Llama Lake website, and I added some new pics
I took of the GRYE and others. Here's the address
http://home1.gte.net/floresnw/llama_lake.htm

Good Migrations,

Houston Flores
Sammamish, WA
houstonflores AT hotmail.com

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