Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park Report (Redmond, King Co., WA) 2008-05-07
Date: May 7 12:06:08 2009
From: Michael Hobbs - birdmarymoor at verizon.net


Tweets - at least it wasn't raining like it was yesterday. Fifteen of us
birded this morning on a cold, windy day, with big gray clouds looming and
zooming overhead. Not exactly warm and sunny. Much of the time it wasn't
very birdy either, but we managed to do okay in the end.

Highlights:

Green Heron Looks like they've started a nest
California Gull 1 - Rather late for Marymoor
Warbling Vireo 2 at Rowing Club, heard a couple more
Ruby-crowned Kinglet One still lingering at the Rowing Club
Black-headed Grosbeak Several back, singing
RED CROSSBILL Near mansion - just our 3rd ever sighting

For WARBLERS, we had ORANGE-CROWNED, YELLOW, YELLOW-RUMPED, WILSON'S, plus
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT.

The BARN OWL was still in its box. Matt saw/heard a couple more in the wee
hours.

The RED-TAILED HAWK nest atop the odd snag was empty all day. Possibly
their nest failed with the recent atrocious weather. We also found a dead
fledgling PINE SISKIN near the stage, and a hundred yards away on the lawn
we found what could have been a 2-day-old robin dead. We also found a
BUSHTIT nest with the bottom missing. Tough time for nesting...

For mammals, besides the squirrels and rabbits, we had a MUSKRAT and a RIVER
OTTER, and saw footprints of a RACCOON.

For the day, 57 species. For the year, the grosbeak and vireo bring us to
126 species.

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland, WA
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