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The Seattle Audubon staff enjoyed a Birdathon in local areas in King County, starting at 6:15 am at Marymoor Park, then continuing to Juanita Bay Park, Logboom Park in Kenmore, Carkeek Park, Discovery Park, the Arboretum and wrapping up at Union Bay Natural Area at 6pm. I ended up with 96 species for the day.



Highlights included an AMERICAN KESTREL, a fly-by female RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, a calling RED CROSSBILL and singing PURPLE FINCHES at Marymoor. A single Slate-colored FOX SPARROW and multiple LINCOLN'S SPARROWS were at Juanita Bay and Logboom Park in Kenmore provided a CALIFORNIA GULL and PURPLE MARTIN. BRANT lined the beach at Carkeek Park with at least two BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLERS and CASSIN'S and HUTTONS VIREOS (singing in the same tree) found in the forests. Discovery Park provided a singing NASHVILLE WARBLER at the parking lot and, down at West Point, we were treated to three pairs of MARBLED MURRELETS, numerous RHINOCEROS AUKLETS in breeding plumage, 4 DUNLIN in breeding plumage and sparse BONAPARTE'S GULLS. Union Bay Natural Area immediately provided a WESTERN KINGBIRD on the cyclone fence near the greenhouse, 2 WESTERN and 4 LEAST SANDPIPERS at the Shoveler Pond and a fly-by AMERICAN PIPIT. As I left at 6pm, I saw at least two WESTERN KINGBIRDS.



See my full list below. Other staff members had OSPREY and a SWAINSON'S THRUSH, which I did not see.



Brant

Canada Goose

Gadwall

American Wigeon

Mallard

Northern Shoveler

Green-winged Teal

Ring-necked Duck

Greater Scaup

Lesser Scaup

Surf Scoter

Bufflehead

Barrow's Goldeneye

Hooded Merganser

Common Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

Common Loon

Pied-billed Grebe

Horned Grebe

Red-necked Grebe

Western Grebe

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Green Heron

Bald Eagle

Cooper's Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

American Kestrel

Merlin

American Coot

Killdeer

Western Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

Dunlin

Bonaparte's Gull

Mew Gull

California Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

Pigeon Guillemot

Marbled Murrelet

Rhinoceros Auklet

Rock Pigeon

Band-tailed Pigeon

Barn Owl

Anna's Hummingbird

Rufous Hummingbird

Belted Kingfisher

Red-breasted Sapsucker

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Pileated Woodpecker

Pacific-slope Flycatcher

Western Kingbird

Cassin's Vireo

Hutton's Vireo

American Crow

Purple Martin

Tree Swallow

Violet-green Swallow

Cliff Swallow

Barn Swallow

Black-capped Chickadee

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Bushtit

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

Bewick's Wren

Marsh Wren

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Hermit Thrush

American Robin

Varied Thrush

European Starling

American Pipit

Orange-crowned Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-throated Gray Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Spotted Towhee

Savannah Sparrow

Fox Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Golden-crowned Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Red-winged Blackbird

Brown-headed Cowbird

Purple Finch

House Finch

Red Crossbill

Pine Siskin

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow





Adam Sedgley

Seattle Audubon

adams at seattleaudubon.org