Tweets - yesterday there were but four of us to brave the rain. But those
who did come out had plenty to see, though we DID get wet. It started out
drizzling, but that pretty quickly escallated until we had some downright
heavy rain just after we got off the boardwalk. It then slowly tapered
back down, and I think we might have had a few minutes without rain.

Highlights:

Wood Duck 2 females with 'lings at the lake
Bufflehead Female at weir - first in weeks
Red-tailed Hawk Adults seen bringing food to both nests
CASPIAN TERN 2 seen flying down the slough
BLACK SWIFT Approx. 100 above lake platform!
W. KINGBIRD One in East Meadow
N. R. W. Swallow One seen from lake platform
C.B. Chickadee Copulating NE of mansion
LAZULI BUNTING Pair in East Meadow
Bullock's Oriole 1-2 males

We checked out where Graham Hutchison had seen juvenile GREEN HERONS, in a
tree south east of the footbridge along the southeast edge of the dog area,
and sure enough, we caught a glimpse of a young bird. We've been seeing
adults fly between the nest area and the slough, but it was nice to get
confirmation of the nest site.

There were several species that we heard all over, but never saw, including
SWAINSON'S THRUSH and WARBLING VIREO. We were lucky enough to see a female
YELLOW WARBLER and a female WILSON'S WARBLER - males of both were singing at
several locations.

We also saw a LONG-TAILED WEASEL at the south end of the dog area again this
week. What was funny was that we saw it enter a big clump of grass, then
saw a small animal (mole? wood-rat? somesuch) leave the clump of grass
and cross the trail, followed seconds later by the weasel. The chase was
definitely on.

I later went over to the 187th Ave access of East Lake Samm Parkway (where I
picked up BALD EAGLE and NORTHERN FLICKER, both previously missed), and I
saw another weasel there.

I continued on to Llama Lake up in Sammamish, and the highlight there was a
LESSER YELLOWLEGS. There were also 4 BLUE-WINGED TEAL (3 males, 1 female),
and several SPOTTED SANDPIPER.

For the day at Marymoor, 58 species. For the week, counting the SAS field
trip I led last Friday (I know, I count weeks funny - in 2004 they end on
Wednesdays), we had 64 species. New for the year were Caspian Tern and
Black Swift, bringing the year list to 123.

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