Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park Report (Redmond, King Co., WA) 2005-05-04
Date: May 4 14:12:38 2005
From: Michael Hobbs - birdmarymoor at verizon.net


Tweets - the early morning rain and the forecasts for more didn't stop six
of us from having an enjoyable morning at Marymoor today. We had mist and
moments of light rain, but most of the time it was calm and overcast. The
morning was birdy in patches, but there were some quiet periods too. Not a
huge amount of singing; especially quiet were some of the migrants. We did
manage some surprises though:

BARROW'S GOLDENEYE 1 female at lake
CASPIAN TERN 1 flew north west of the weir
Warbling Vireo A couple or 3; hard to see in gray light
Wilson's Warblers Several males allowed looks
Western Tanager Small, silent groups of males and females
Bl.-headed Grosbeak A few males, fewer singing
Bullock's Oriole 1 female
American Goldfinch Especially numerous and vocal

The BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was a female, perhaps first year, since she wasn't
looking particularly bright of bill. Still, an all-light bill and a steep
forhead are pretty distinctive. This was just our 4th BAGO sighting at
Marymoor ever, and our first since 2003.

We had a magical few minutes early when we found a swarm of migrants in the
same cherry trees where we had the Cassin's Vireo last week (just a bit NE
of the weir). Today we had the female BULLOCK'S ORIOLE, which was hard to
see because of all the YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS. There were also 1-2 WARBLING
VIREO, a WILSON'S WARBLER, some AMERICAN GOLDFINCH, one SAVANNAH SPARROW. A
robin or two and maybe a cowbird might also have been in the trees, but who
cares?

Once again we had lots (7+) of BALD EAGLES; only 2 were adults.

For the day, 57 species. On Sunday, I'd had Pine Siskin, Purple Finch,
Red-breasted Sapsucker, and (as was noted in an email then) a Spotted
Sandpiper. So for the week, we've had at least 61 species. For the year,
we're up to 116 species.

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