Subject: [Tweeters] Juanita Bay Park Swamp Sparrow continues
Date: Jan 16 12:14:10 2010
From: Evan Houston - evanghouston at yahoo.com


Hi Tweeters,

This morning (1-16), I observed a Swamp Sparrow at Juanita Bay Park in Kirkland, likely the same bird found by Ryan Merrill over a month ago. In addition to calling a couple of times, it allowed respectable viewing, letting me see its mainly gray face, with a cap showing a tinge of rustiness. It seems that it has been hanging out in a fairly restricted area, around the end of the short trail that heads north from Forbes Creek Dr. and dead ends at the marsh, just east of the main portion of the park.

Also at Juanita, Virginia Rails called from the marsh, and once the fog lifted, I was able to see the continuing Trumpeter and Tundra Swans on the bay.

A quick stop at Heritage Park, a mile to the south, yielded a male Red-breasted Merganser on the lake, and a Slate-colored Junco.

Good birding,
Evan Houston
Seattle, WA