Subject: [Tweeters] King County Big Day quidk report
Date: Apr 29 21:55:19 2005
From: Michael Hobbs - birdmarymoor at verizon.net


Tweets -- today was our King County Big Day, and I won't give a full report
right now, but despite mist and rain pretty much all day, we managed 112
species. Highlights included WARBLING VIREO, BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK, and
YELLOW WARBLER at Marymoor Park, VAUX'S SWIFTS and a HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER at
Tinkham Rd., a GRAY JAY at Alpental, the BLACK PHOEBE in Auburn, a pair of
BARRED OWLS at Lake Fenwick Park, SPOTTED SANDPIPER at the Boeing Ponds (but
no Solitary and no Yellow-headed Blackbird), BONAPARTE'S GULLS off Lincoln
Park, and about 25 SANDERLING at South Beach at Alki.

We managed quite a few species on Puget Sound from Lincoln Park around Alki.

Big misses were Western Sandpiper (may have had one or two among extremely
distant Leasts), and Pine Siskin.

On behalf of myself, Brian Bell, MaryFrances Mathis, Matt Bartels, Jen
Vanderhoof, and Kathleen Learned, I'd like to thank all those who helped us
scout out our route.

We had a lot of fun.

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland, WA
== http://www.scn.org/fomp/birding.htm
== birdmarymoor at verizon.net