Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park Report (Redmond, King Co., WA) 2009-08-27
Date: Aug 27 13:48:33 2009
From: Michael Hobbs - birdmarymoor at verizon.net


Tweets - it started out a chilly 48 degrees, with a touch of ground fog.
Jupiter shone brightly to the east before sunrise. Mt. Rainier was crystal
clear to the south as the sun began to rise above the Cascades. We saw no
owls in the early hours, but things sure got birdy shortly after our 6:30
a.m. start. The projected winds failed to materialize, and the sun quickly
warmed us. The birds, however, were exciting enough to make all of this
poetry irrellevant.

The first half hour or so, we ended up birding south of the windmill, drawn
by the calls of WESTERN TANAGER and glimpses of woodpeckers. In a
mostly-leafless tree, we ended up with 4 species of woodpecker within about
5 minutes. There were lots of other birds around too.

Later, just a bit south of Dog Central, at the place where we usually
traverse a tiny trail to access the Dog Meadow from the slough trail, we
found a RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER which posed in the cottonwoods for several
minutes. Photos will be on my blog.

Highlights:

Hooded Merganser 10 at the Rowing Club pond
Rufous Hummingbird Still 2-3 of these around
RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER See above
Red-breasted Sapsucker 2-3, all juveniles just getting red
Downy Woodpecker Several
Pileated Woodpecker One in the tree south of the windmill
Willow Flycatcher 3 mostly silent birds
Purple Martin Gourd empty, but a couple flying at
lake
Barn Swallow Dozens - only other swallow
Black-throated Gray Warbler One near Dog Area portapotties
Western Tanager 2+ south of windmill
LINCOLN'S SPARROW First of Fall, east edge of East Meadow
Evening Grosbeak Heard, and 2 glimpsed

Additionally, we bumped into some birders from BC. One showed us a photo he
took last Monday, August 24th, of a WESTERN SCRUB-JAY. He reported 2 birds,
and it sounded like they'd been in the East Meadow trees near the gate to
the Dog Area. This is a new species for the Marymoor Park list, and has
been long anticipated. Hopefully, next time, one of US will be able to see
them!

For the day, I think we had 55 species.

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland, WA
== http://www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
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