Location: Lake Sammamish State Park
Observation date: 11/4/09

Number of species: 46
Notes: This was an Eastside Audubon trip, 6 participants, 2 co-leaders (Stan Wood and Sharon Aagaard). Weather was sunny, with blue skies, no wind, 42-55 degrees. We walked approx. 3 miles from 8 am to noon.

Forty-three out of 46 species seen were the usual birds for this time of year. Of note, we scoped a large group of 75 Western Grebes. The Northern Shrike (a brown, 1st year bird) was actively feeding out in the middle of the meadow (directly south of the east-most beach on a trail that takes you along the west side of Issaquah Creek). On the fringe of that same meadow, it was neat to watch a male Pileated perched in an apple tree and feeding on red apples (sharing the tree with 3 Steller's Jays)!



Sharon Aagaard

Bellevue, WA

scormieraa001 at hotmail.com




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