Hi,

No crossbills for me at Medina Park tonight BUT Great Blue Herons have hatched, yippee! I was leaving the restrooms and was just at the right auditory spot to think to myself I hear baby herons clattering for fish and sure enough from that vantage point I could see movement in the nest that is in the first opening on the right side from the crown of the tallest douglas fir. The parent was standing on the nest and I could see downy chicks move. I am so stoked to have young herons to show to my Eastside Audubon Birdathon trip next Sunday rather than having to look for beak or tail poking from the nest while incubation takes place. The eagles had better stay away...

Bonus was a large flock of warblers moving through both Audubon's and Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warblers plus at least two Nashville Warblers in the bunch.

Kathy
Roosting in Kent, near Lake Meridian
(chukarbird at yahoo dot com)
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--- On Fri, 5/8/09, Tina Klein-Lebbink <t.kleinlebbink at comcast.net> wrote:

> From: Tina Klein-Lebbink <t.kleinlebbink at comcast.net>
> Subject: [Tweeters] Red crossbills in Medina park
> To: "tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Date: Friday, May 8, 2009, 1:27 PM
> I was doing some local birding with Liz Copeland and we were
> looking for some Herons that she wanted to photograph, but
> instead she found some red crossbills feeding in the
> conifers beside the pond nearest the parking lot in Medina
> park (off of NE 8th near downtown Bellevue) this morning.
> We also checked out Lake Sammamish State Park, and found
> many many Yellow-Rumped warblers along with some
> Wilson's and Common Yellow-throats. I also saw what I
> think is a Pacific sloped flycatcher, but it was not
> obliging enough to sing for me.
>
> Tina Klein-Lebbink
> Bellevue
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