Tweets - a surprisingly interesting day at Marymoor this morning. About 15
of us wandered around on a morning with heavy, dead air, under mostly
overcast skies. Thankfully, there wasn't a lot of heat to go with the
humidity, and by about 8:00 a touch of breeze came up. That kept the
mosquito problem down to uncomfortable.

We kind of expect June to be a fairly static month, yet we had 10 species
this week that we didn't have last week.

Highlights:

Sharp-shinned Hawk Grace & Ollie reported 1 in the Pea Patch
Cooper's Hawk Adult (& immature?) near mansion
Caspian Tern One flying down river
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1 singing at start of boardwalk
Purple Martin Male in gourd with 2 females
Or.-crowned Warbler 2(?) singing at "Mysterious Thicket"
Lazuli Bunting Several males singing still
Evening Grosbeak Male calling at east end of boardwalk

An OSPREY was seen atop the Odd Snag which has hosted nesting RED-TAILED
HAWKS for years. The hawk nest failed this year (report of a Bald Eagle
raid). Sharon saw a Red-tail atop the snag moments after the Osprey had
been seen, so the hawks may be maintaining ownership of the nest.

The GREEN HERON nest at the Rowing Club was empty, but one mostly-feathered
young bird was a few feet away. Presumably the others had managed to fly to
other parts of the pond edges. Many adults were sighted today.

This week (#25) is the week with the most CASPIAN TERN sightings at
Marymoor. Terns have been seen on 13 weeks, spanning May-July plus 1 April
and 1 August sighting. We've seen terns on 35 total days, and 7 of those
have been on week #25. So this week appears to be the peak of their summer
wandering.

The BARN OWL nestbox had an adult visible, but in the morning, a
white-fluffed baby, looking like a demented sock puppet, was also seen in
the box. It's still unknown how many babies there are this year, but the
box looks crowded

Once again, Scott heard a WESTERN SCREECH-OWL southwest of the windmill area
somewhere in the early morning.

The EVENING GROSBEAK is our first sighting of that species in "summer"
(June/July).

For the day, 61 species.

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland, WA
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