There is of course another large blue passerine, pale below that vocalizes
loudly and repeatedly which is a Scrub Jay. I mention this not only because
it is true but also I did go see the showy Snowy Sunday (with two duly
impressed nine year olds) and on the way home, at the intersection at the SE
corner of Discovery Park (i.e within a block of where you are talking about)
I glimpsed a bird that I thought was possibly a Scrub Jay.

Of course maybe I just have Scrub Jays on my mind as there have definitely
been two hanging around where I work in Kent on 66th Ave South. I first saw
one there about a month ago but I've saw a pair yesterday and again today.
They were next to the railroad tracks by (but outside the fence) the SE
corner of the Shaw Industries property which is across the street (64th Ave
S) from the SE corner of the Kent Ponds (Green River Natural Area).

That's a lot of SE corners for one email

Jim Elder
Seattle, WA
delderson at archerserve.com

Scott Atkinson wrote:
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 11:03:30 -0800
From: "Scott Atkinson" <scottratkinson at hotmail.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] BLUE JAY Discovery Park edge
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
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Tweeters:

Did not go up by the showy Snowy today, but on the way to the south entrance

of Discovery Park I heard and then briefly saw a BLUE JAY at 4034 36th Ave W

(the road that parallels Discovery on the east flank) at about 10:10 am.
The bird was in a tall tree on the north edge of the property, then dropped
into a wooded ravine behind it. I only saw it briefly with the naked eye,
anough to see that it was a large blue passerine, pale below, but it
vocalized loudly and repeatedly, as Blue Jays often do. When I came back
through about 10:30, the bird was gone. Birders might keep an eye (and ear)

out for it though, it should still be in the area. The other bird (heard
only) was an AM. PIPIT heard in flyover at the meadow just below the Navy
residences where the Snowy has been lately.

Scott Atkinson
Lake Stevens
mail to: scottratkinson at hotmail.com