Tweets,
Marvin and I spent the morning at Lake Sammamish SP today. Highlights of the day were: the Western Kingbird (gorgeous!) that flew within 5 feet of me at the swimming beach around 11:30am. I got a good look at it as it flew right at me and then slowly past me and into a large cottonwood tree on the other end of the swimming beach. We dashed over to try for another view but by the time we got there we couldn't spot it again. The loud mower next to us made it impossible to try to hear anything as well. On our way back across the beach two American Pipits were near a puddle next to 2 Western Sandpipers along with 1 Least Sandpiper; The side by side comparison was a treat as they let us get within 15 feet of them. On the lake there were Red-necked Grebes, a Horned Grebe, a couple of rafts of Western Grebes, and an Eared Grebe all in beautiful breeding plumage. A lone Lincoln's Sparrow was seen in the Salmonberry bushes along the creek as well as Red-breasted Sapsuckers. There were plenty of swallows today including Violet Green, Barn, Tree, and a couple of Rough-winged. Two Vaux's Swifts joined in the display above. 57 species for the day and no rain... Can't complain about that! The entire list for the day is below in no particular order. If your out there reading this, thanks for a fantastic morning Marvin! Let's do it again soon.
Western Kingbird-1 at swimming beach
American Pipit-2 at swimming beach
Least Sandpiper-1 at swimming beach
Western Sandpiper-2 at swimming beach
Killdeer
European Starling
American Robin
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Great Blue Heron
Rufous Hummingbird
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Pine Siskin
Purple Finch
Gold Finch
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Brown Creeper-Heard only
Marsh Wren
Bewicks Wren
Winter Wren- Heard only
Junco
American Crow
Violet-green Swallow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Rough-winged Swallow
Vaux's Swift
Bushtit
Spotted Towhee
Red-shafted Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Red-necked Grebe-3 at swimmin beach and a possible 4th that we saw earlier
Horned Grebe-1 at the sand spit
Eared Grebe-1 at the sand spit
Western Grebe-2 large rafts of about 50 each
Black-capped Chickadee
Chesnut-backed Chickadee
Common Merganser
Gadwall
Mallard
Coot
Bufflehead
Canada Goose
Double-crested Cormorant
Glaucous-winged Gull
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Band-tailed Pigeon
Virginia Rail- Heard only

Amy Schillinger
Renton, WAschillingera at hotmail.com

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