Subject: [Tweeters] Montlake Fill and Kent/Auburn morning
Date: Apr 25 12:48:27 2008
From: Michael Hobbs - birdmarymoor at verizon.net
Tweets - I started at Montlake Fill in Seattle this morning; a much nicer
morning than yesterday. It was quite birdy.
The SOLITARY SANDPIPER was still at the southeast pond in the trees.
There were at least 6 CINNAMON TEAL giving stunning views, at the southwest
pond.
Two LINCOLN'S SPARROWS popped up, one on each side of the park. Matt
Bartels reported one was singing.
I tried (unsuccessfully) again for the Swamp Sparrow that has been
periodically found south of the CUH building. However, while working those
bushes around that swampy area, I did find a male BLACK-THROATED GRAY
WARBLER singing quietly, and a male WILSON'S WARBLER singing a little
louder. They were part of a large flock of YELLOW-RUMPED and ORANGE-CROWNED
WARBLERS.
I then went down to Emerald Downs in Auburn, where I found the BLACK-NECKED
STILT still present along the west edge of the big pond. There were many
DUNLIN and LEAST SANDPIPER, as well as a couple of GREATER YELLOWLEGS.
I didn't find anything else of much interest as I made my way up towards
Tukwilla, though I did spot the EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL at the small pond
at the Boeing Ponds that Charlie Wright reported earlier.
Not a bad morning.
== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland, WA
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