I forgot to mention that a hummingbird was chasing the 2 Cooper's Hawks. I
can no longer assume what species of hummingbird, as we have perhaps as many
Anna's as Rufous at Marymoor right now.

Quite a sight to see a bird smaller than the head of the Cooper's chase
after it with bad intent. I'm always amazed by the feistiness of
hummingbirds, but I guess you can cop an attitude when you're the only bird
that can fly backwards.

Also, a couple of people have indicated that the BLACK TERN is probably an
adult in basic plumage, not a juvenile as I had posted. Well, they're
probably right. I was using only the small Sibley, and he shows only
breeding adult and juvenile in-flight pictures. Choosing between those two
was easy. But, silly me, I didn't think to imagine what the non-breeding
adult, shown sitting, would look like in flight.

Can I use the excuse that the only time that I saw the bird up close was on
a rainy evening in bad light? No, I didn't think so...

> Also at Marymoor today [Thursday]:
>
> Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 over dog meadow
> Cooper's Hawk 2 immatures together at lake
> Mourning Dove Seen again today
> Vaux's Swift Not seen yesterday

BTW - Thursday night, after the Friends of Marymoor Park meeting, I saw a
BARN OWL near the windmill and heard a GREAT HORNED OWL hooting "Hippy do
hoo" in the trees just south of the mansion.

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